Lady, to merit thy love, I coaxed a golden tear from King Midas’s eye, which I bartered for a mermaid’s song.
I used her voice to lull a Dragon while I snatched his diamond tooth.
This, I present to you, peerless Lady, and humbly pray on bended knee, wilt thou—
Joanna Norland has learned through painful experience always to check the word count and trim where possible.
Hysterical
Wonderful
So true
thank you!
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Very good! A nice way to use the word limit to your advantage 😁
thank you!
Love this, Joanna! 🙂
thank you!
Sometimes, 50 words is not quite enough….
nope!
I just loved this…
blush! thank you.
You’ve packed a lot of story into 50 words. Well done
thank you very much.
I enjoyed this. :)
glad to hear it!
Joanna, this reminds me of the novelist who turned to short fiction and explained the difference to a CBC interviewer a few years ago: with the shorter form, she said, every word has to fight for its life. Kind of like writing a 30-word news lead. You just have to
— DAMN
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to be continued . . . Thank you!