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Creative Writing 100 word short stories
Evidence • It would not be long before he was caught. He’d have to work fast if he wanted to finish his work without leaving traces of his dealings here. He was in a small wooded area, at the base of a heavily rooted tree. Digging through the damp soil, he congratulated himself on this spot, easy to remember and camouflage. Once the hole seemed deep enough, he dropped the evidence in, pushed the dirt back into the hole, covered the hole with forest litter. His girl was calling in the yard. He ran to her, his tongue lolling. She would never know. .-Amy Dryman
Jack’s Walk • Jack walked down the sidewalk on his way to work like he had done every weekday for twenty years. From his plain white house to his plain brown office; nothing really changed, except him getting slower. About to walk through the office door, a thought hit Jack, and he smiled. Today he would change his routine. So he did not walk into the office; he boarded the bus at the corner. He went to the airport. He tossed his brief case in the trash. He looked at a map of the world, bought a ticket to Belize, and never looked back. –Bob Hartnett
Europa • They were buying their way into the history books. At least that’s how the media was spinning the whole thing. Once life was detected beneath the icy surface of that mysterious faraway moon entrepreneurs across the planet sprang into action to provide the rich the opportunity of the millennium; to be the first to interact with an alien species. Thirty-two of the world’s richest men and their wives boarded that rocket aimed at the stars. Sure, the security outfit was sparse but so was time.In just two weeks an unsurprised world would watch billionaires get eaten alive some 400,000,000 miles away –Robert Poole.
1. Choose a Subject • Fear • Miracles • Youth • Love • Nature • An Object • Ambition • Freedom
The Plot In a story as short as 100 words you need a strong plot – one that leaves the reader satisfied that something of interest has been raised, wondered about, then at some level resolved. Think of the story in terms of a question and an answer. Your starting point can be something quite ordinary that has happened to you, or to someone you know.
Literary Devices Use literary devices to enhance your writing. In that short excerpt of The Gilded Six Bits, there were 20 literary devices present. Using language that appeals to the senses elevates your story telling in fewer words. For example: It was cold and bright; the walls were white and sterile and the fluorescent track lighting bounced off of the silver table. It was clear someone would die here. The luminous operating room erratic light flickered in Morris code: death.
