While I have not been blogging over these past few years, I have not stopped writing entirely. There have been a number of short stories in the works, and I’ve continued playing with some writing exercises. From time to time, I plan to post some of that here.
One of my favorite exercises is 100 Words. The challenge is exactly that: to write something—anything—in exactly 100 words.
I love rigid formats in writing. Somehow they seem to tap into creativity for me in some way a blank structure rarely does. I play with sonnets, haiku, etc., just to face the challenge of the structure.
Here is one of my 100 word exercises:
BILL GATES IS SATAN!
Internet Explorer 8 is causing me all kinds of grief. My browser is locking up, the error messages are piling up, my e-mail is all in a tangle, and I can’t open, download or save Microsoft Office attachments. All this has made my life hell of late, and nobody—I mean NOBODY—knows what to do about it.
If I had a rocket launcher….
I’m not going to give up. I’m going to uninstall that bitch and see if I can downgrade back to IE7. Maybe then I can open my attachments.
BILL GATES IS SATAN!