#30words30days

For the month of April, I’m doing the #30words30days challenge on Twitter run by my friend and award-winning micro fiction writer Sumitra Singam. Every day is a new word prompt to inspire 30-word stories. It’s a kind of mental hygiene—a phrase coined by another friend and creative writing professor Finnian Burnett.

I am loving this challenge. It creates community amongst us struggling solitary writers. And I need to be forced or at least “inspired” into good habits such as writing daily. Some of my attempts are duds, but every now and then a gem emerges. My best so far is my response to the “outcast” prompt.

#30Words30Days

Day 5 #outcast

Her breath catches at the dancing dots.

“Sorry, can’t make it. Hope he has an awesome 8th birthday party.”

Her shoulders slump as she counts. Twenty-two no’s, his entire class. https://t.co/S1ToDkkTj8

— T.L. Tomljanovic (@TLTomljanovic) April 5, 2023