Connie's Corner

Carried away...

How have I gotten so wordy? Yesterday, I decided to write a short story (300 words) for the "Daily Flash Fiction Challenge" . The prompt was: include this line in your story "Get off my property." A vague memory came to mind and I decided to write a little creative non-fiction. The plotting goes like this:

1. New neighbor moves in. They have a dog.
2. Next day, mc mows grass and runs over smelly poop. New neighbor suspect.
3. MC waits and watches and catches new neighbor's dog in the "act". Prompt line.
4. Following Sunday, mc meets new neighbor in church, disagreement tentatively resolved with much embarrassment.

This all seemed like it should fit in less than 300 words so I am typing away, but by the time I came up for air, I had 371 words, and I was only on the watching and waiting part . It is a big problem for this writer to know where to cut. In the past, I wrote many 300 word stories. What happened? I have become a wordy sloth ... with an unfinished story.

until next time...c