10/7/09 - Writing Words of Wisdom - Spending Your Words Wisely

[damcphail]

BY DANIELLE ACKLEY-MCPHAIL

How many words does it take to tell a story? Can’t really answer that, can we? Or at least, not easily… There are too many variables; too many considerations. Is it a short story? A long one? Complex, or a simple one? What do you want to tell? What do you want to simply imply?

Who can say, really? A haiku can convey a

Comments

[brni]

it's interesting how many people neglect to use a title - there's a ton of meaning that can be packed into a couple words (that don't count against your word count!!!)

[marycatelli]

Ah, but they have to be the right couple of words.

The wrong ones can be worse than nothing.

[brni]

I have a story I'm working on that has a working title of "Untitled Dreck."

Presumably I'll come up with a better title by the time I whip the beast into shape...

[damcphail]

How about Unsavory Pets (or would that be SAVORY Pets?) I'm just saying ;)