My teacher instructed the class write a 55 word story
or twister (140 characters including spaces & punctuation). Below you will notice that there are one of each written.
Twister:
Her eyes, fantastic.
That smile, dazzling. Everything about her was amazing. She will be mine. I
think, as I hide in her bushes… Watching.
Fifty five word story:
Lucas squeezes his
eyes shut, waiting dreadfully for the sharp, agonizing pain to pierce his
flesh. Sweat drips down the back of his neck. Will this be the end? He thinks
to himself. Something cool suddenly touches his skin."AHHHH!!!" he screams in utter horror. Sir, that was
only the cotton swab, the nurse explains.I find my twister a little bit creepy but it is exactly 140 characters so I am proud of it. Although, I have to admit that I enjoy my fifty five word story much more. It makes me laugh and is not nearly as creepy as my twister. All in all this was a fun exercise.
At first, I found it very difficult to come up with a plot for the twister and the fifty five word story. I found this exercise a bit more challenging than the previous ones assigned to me. I am glad I had this experience, it was fun and different. I am curious to see what will come next.
I get what your saying about having it harder to do these then the other posts. I think it because the plot has to be so limited and still be interesting. With larger things it’s easier to make something good because there is more word to use to make the plot complex and exciting.
ReplyDeleteBut with the twister I thought it would be some sort of love poem. It was talking about her smile, her eyes. But then you want to hide her in your brushes, which was….a little creepy. But then it reminded me of The Lovely Bones.
And for the 55 words, the mood you had created made me think, uh oh, someone about to die. “Would this be the end?” Obviously I thought he was going to be stabbed by some massive knife. But nope. It was just a needle shot happening.