Little things are fun

So, dude! I just found out (from one of my lovely friends) about the neatest writing exercise I have ever seen. Mini-sagas! Do you know what they are? I did not until yesterday and oh, how is it possible that I have been missing out on so much fun?

Okay, so essentially, mini-sagas are itty-bitty stories. Stories written in exactly 50 words. Not 49. Not 51. 50. Fifty. Five-o. You can google it for all the particulars but I can say that they are the perfect thing for me right now. Why?

1) I have very little time for writing. But 50 words? THAT I can do.
2) My internal editor is a nasty nasty person and always makes me edit stuff until it is exactly right but it makes my writing process ponderously slow because every. Sentence. Must. Be. Perfect. Before. I. Can. Continue. But when there are only 50 words? THAT I can edit without losing my mind.
3) I am always coming up with funny little story ideas that I can never flesh out into more than an idea. But 50 words? THAT is basically only enough words FOR an idea.

I am serious. These mini-sagas are AWESOME. I even wrote one last night. I will even share it here because it was so much fun to do.

Note of warning: While on Bebellyboo I am a silly, silly person, my creative writing is generally dark and angsty (like a 13-year old girl) and almost always of the sci-fi/fantasy genre. It’s just how I am.

So, here is my first ever mini-saga. Dun-dun-dun

 Glass Witches

    The witches faced the sea, chanting. Voices wavered, mouths full of blood. The towering wave trembled against their power, sprayed droplets, and then sank back shuddering. The water became a calm blue field. The townspeople cheered, expecting them to turn and smile. But they crumbled to dust in the sand.