When I wrote my last post, I had no idea that it was my 2500th post until after I published it. I guess that’s somewhat of a milestone unless you discount all the dumb posts, memes, and cartoons. If I just count what I would consider legitimate posts, I’m at 37. I’m not sure if this one will count as #38.
I do find it ironic that my 2500th post was titled “Write Weird.” I started writing this blog to practice writing, and now I’m encouraging others to write weird. How about writing well? That’s kind of a foreign concept for me. Or, is it?
I submitted more micro-fiction to a curatedmicrofiction.com prompt that I blogged about. Rather than loading my 300 words with dad jokes, fart references, and invented words like last time, I decided to change tack.
I crafted a cute, well-written story without even a whiff of a fart joke. How do I know it’s cute? Well, my wife told me it was cute. As for well-written, my editor/cousin/godmother called it that. But funny? My e/c/g told me in no uncertain terms that it was not. Still, I submitted it to curatedmicrofiction.com’s contest in the humor category. I’ve never been much for following rules.
They chose to publish it online but didn’t award this one, probably because it was an unfunny story in the humor category. Click HERE to read it. After 2500 of these posts, I will give myself credit for writing better.
I am working on a weird story per my last post for consideration in an anthology, but I think I will first try one of the new curatedmicrofiction.com posts. No unfunny stories for the humor category this time though. I think I may try my hand at the science fiction or horror prompts. I have no idea what I will come up with. Maybe stories of unscientific fact or non-scary horror. Maybe I should just try and color inside the lines this time. I hope you try, too.
Jim Flanigan Looks at the World 