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For today's writing exercise you will write a few micro-poems or micro-fictions. These will be either poems under 12 lines or stories under 100 words.Don't worry about them not containing a complex message. Aim for a surface level with one metaphoric level. Focus on interesting juxtapositions, something out of place and why—either why it is in that place, why it's out of place or why it actually fits in for some unexpected reason. Real Estate is expensive in a micro so avoid too many phrasal verbs and using too many articles when possible. But also don't expect a micro to explain the world in 100 words.
For inspiration go read some micro or hint fiction in this Buzzfeed article, at Microfiction Monday, 32 Poems and Nanoism.
Micro Exercise 1: Describe an animal's call and explore 3-5 potential reasons for the call.
Micro Exercise 2: Make a list of seven types of cars. Write a micro in which two or three of those (personified) cars have a short conversation in either a parking lot or on the road.
Micro Exercise 3: Write a micro which uses one of the unused cars from #2 and crashes it for some reason. Explore that reason.
Micro Exercise 4: Write down 4-7 interesting phrases/titles from this Random Title Generator, use it as many as ten times if you need to. Use one of those as the title and include a second in the micro. Try to include 2-4 for extra fun.
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If you'd like some background music to write to, try the album Our Endless Numbered Days by Iron & Wine.
