If a picture paints a thousand words, then my writing approximates museum-proportion.
"Word economy is NOT my friend!" she growled in exasperation.
Obviously, this is why I was nominated for "Most Talkative" (congratulations (?) to Musings of a Housewife who apparently doesn’t know when to shut up, either 😉 ).
I’ve been working on a sad, little 200-word essay for a few weeks now, and I’ve started and stopped and re-started and re-stopped (huh?) so many times I’ve lost count. Two hundred words. DO YOU KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THIS IS FOR ME WHEN I’M TRYING TO TELL A STORY??? Especially with all the verbal cues necessary to re-create the DRA-MA?
It brings to mind all those school assignments that had a word count, and I would add all manor of adjectives and determiners to s t r e t c h it out to the required length.
That’s laughable to me, now.
W h e w…okay…I feel better now. Back to the tortuous mini-essay.
If not brevity, how about levity? Those are two of my favorite words. 🙂
Just write freeform. Then take a break. Then go back and weed it down:).
That’s my process when I’ve gotta word limit before me.
And as you may well remember? Brevity is not my strength either.
LOL. I had to review a video in 50-70 words last month. I thought I was going to DIE! I feel your pain.
LOL. I had to review a video in 50-70 words last month. I thought I was going to DIE! I feel your pain.
LOL. I had to review a video in 50-70 words last month. I thought I was going to DIE! I feel your pain.
Okay. I did NOT mean to say that three times. SHEESH!
Goodness, 200 words? That’s just so . . . skimpy! Hoping that all comes together for you. Tough assignement, but you can do it!! I believe in you. 😀