Word count: 674

Starting line: “Ally! Look at this!”

Ending line: My hands were bare, and I missed the sparkle that had sat on my left ring finger for the past six months.

Darling: My best friend squealed in excitement, holding up her latest find, and I shook my head. This one was even more hideous than the last had been: it might have been a hat, several generations ago. Maybe. Right now, it looked like a box that had vomited ribbons and feathers in a series of explosions. Leigh crammed it on her dark hair and primped for me, batting her eyelashes like she had something caught in her contacts, and I nearly fell over laughing.

***

Yep, it's a plotbunny. But it's only a short story. I can keep it that way too.

Really.

Really.

How long can I go before it's a novella again?
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From: [identity profile] queenoftheskies.livejournal.com


Short stories are so much harder to write than novels or novellas. There's so little time to tell the story, LOL. :)

From: [identity profile] vg-ford.livejournal.com


I know! That's why I'm trying to keep it a short story! :D

From: [identity profile] aulus-poliutos.livejournal.com


A day from short story to novella, a week and you've got a trilogy. :)

From: [identity profile] vg-ford.livejournal.com


Noooooo! :p No more novels! None! This is going to remain a short story!!!!
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