Autopilot – 25 word story
@oneoveralpha (434)
Brookville, Pennsylvania
November 7, 2015 10:41am CST
Autopilot
Eon after eon, dazzling stars and nebula drifted past the ship’s viewscreens. The computer knew that the crew – if still alive – would have enjoyed them.
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Recently, I’ve been going through my old writing notebooks looking for lost gems. This story was a writing exercise seeing what you could do with only twenty-five words.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
7 Nov 15
awe, see that bugs me, because now I want to know what happened and what happened next!
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@oneoveralpha (434)
• Brookville, Pennsylvania
7 Nov 15
Maybe you'll just have to write something. :D
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
7 Nov 15
@oneoveralpha working on my nanowrimo atm, no time to write other things!
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@oneoveralpha (434)
• Brookville, Pennsylvania
7 Nov 15
@Jessicalynnt Understandable, and best of luck.
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@troyburns (1405)
• New Zealand
3 Dec 15
It's a good one. I've never written a 25 word story, but I might give it a try.
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
10 Nov 15
It's definitely a gem. Glad you found it. Don't you just love it when you find stuff you're written years ago. Sometimes when I read the stuff I find I can't believe I wrote it! Sometime my writing moods come and then the inspiration goes in a flash. So happy it was written down before I forgot it.
@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
7 Nov 15
That's a great exercise to get you to think of the importance of every word and how to move a story forward. I should try it.
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