I saw at Thom‘s that Susan at Stony River has begun a Microfiction Monday wherein participants write a story in 140 characters, and she even shared a link to Design 215’s Character Counter to help count. More information is here.

I thought this would be an excellent exercise to stimulate creativity while at the same time learning to streamline our words. Normally I am not very concise, so this is something I need to work on.

This is the picture we’re to base our story on, followed by my contribution:

“Did I turn off the oven?”

“I’m sure you did, dear.”

“I wonder if I unplugged the iron.”

“I’m sure you did, dear.”

“Did I…?”

“Yawn..”