What?
This blog aims to collect all the micro-stories received from people in Sri Lanka through the 55-word story writing endeavour on Twitter. Stories will be accepted by anyone who lives/lived in Sri Lanka as well as Sri Lankan expats anywhere in the world!
How?
Each weekday, our twitter ID @SriLankaDiaries will release a new word.
Use this word as a theme to create your short story, not more than 55 words.
Email it with your Twitter handle to srilankastories@gmail.com
All the stories will be published on this blog the next day.
Notes:
- If you'd like to be tagged in our daily tweet with the word of the day, please tweet at us @SriLankaDiaries - we'll make sure to include your handle when releasing a new word!
- If you're interested in participating but aren't on Twitter, please drop us a line at srilankastories@gmail.com and we'll figure out a way for you to join!
- None of your stories will be reproduced by us without your explicit permission.
Why?
Many of us love writing/blogging, but find it hard to make time to do so on a daily basis. That's where 55-word stories score high - after all, it takes only a few minutes to think of and put down 55 words!
Writing these micro-stories is meant to encourage daily bursts of creativity and help us stay in touch with the our inner storyteller. Reading other people's interpretations of the same theme can also be an eye-opening experience.
Happy writing! Who knows, you may just find an idea for that novel you've been dreaming about. :)
When?
We have kicked off the story writing as of April 1.
