Do you know what is mini saga? A minisaga is a short piece of writing containing not 49 or 51 but exactly 50, plus a title of up to 15 words. The idea was originally made up by writer Brian Aldiss and the newspaper The Daily Telegraph, which has held several mini saga competitions. Mini saga have some benefits.
#1 Writing a mini saga expands your creativity. Constraints typically expand creativity or induce flight. When you have to put everything in 50 words, you have to 'leave behind' a lot. That's where the creative juices start flowing.
#2 Writing a mini saga stretches your thinking. What will you write about? You have to think about topics that will fit in 50 words or squeeze them to fit in 50 words. That puts thinking on overdrive mode.
#3 Writing a mini saga enhances your discipline. Deciding what to write
about, deciding what to leave behind and putting it in 50 words requires discipline throughout
The example of mini saga :
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Bob was totally lost. He was frustrated. His problem was simple. He couldn’t figure out where exactly he was. Naturally, he was clueless on the direction or the distance to his destination. After struggling a bit, Bob realized what the real problem was – he was carrying the wrong map!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minisaga
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