Would You Continue To Write Microfiction if Vocal Allowed it?

Writing is one of my favorite things to do.

Writing:

• Makes you think.
• Puts your thoughts in order.
• Makes your mind work better.
• Takes you to other worlds, times, and places.
• Allows your imagination to run wild.
• Challenges your creativity.

I have been having a lot of fun writing for the Microfiction challenge.

I recently started writing short form on Medium for a publication called The Shortform

The word limit in this publication is 150 words; no less and no more!

However Vocal's challenge is only 100 words long which proved to be more challenging!

I have really enjoyed this challenge, so thankyou to Vocal for that.

Writing in small bursts can be a great way to test your creativity.

I thought that I wouldn't be able to do it, until I tried it.

I learned that I think more imaginatively when I create short pieces, and that I could come up with some great stories in just a few sentences, and in so little time.

I would love Vocal to add a section where creators could create microfiction.

Microfiction are short and simple stories. They are not the usual word length for Vocal, but many creators would benefit from it.

Being able to write microfiction on Vocal would:

• Help creators learn to create stories from just a few key lines. Keylines can help to trigger a whole story.
• Enable creators to beat writer's block by enabling them to activate their imagination and get their creative juices flowing.
• Allow writers who have no time to write to be able to enjoy writing shorter stories.
• Teach writers to be more descriptive in their writing by writing less and creating more.

I have written quite a few stories in the challenge. I have been able to do so, because the shorter form of writing triggered me into using my imagination more, and in less time.

Great descriptive stories can be created from very few words and more descriptions.

Writing short pieces taught me to cut out words that I really didn't need, and use shorter descriptive words instead.

One of my challenge stories was created in this way. You can read it here:

I think that Vocal should really consider microfiction as a permanent source of writing for creators. It would really help those creators who have days when they don't have time to write much, and it would give creators some freedom and practice with short descriptive pieces.

I usually write in long form, but writing in short form has triggered me into wanting to go back over my longer pieces, especially some of my complicated long fiction series, and switch some words for more descriptive ones.

I never knew that I could get so much joy from creating in shorter bursts, and it has been a great challenge for my brain because it has given me the freedom to play with words in shorter sentences.

I would like to know if creators on oVcal would continue to write microfiction if Vocal allowed it

I know that I would because it gives me a chance to rack my brain and come up with new things.

Here is a hint:

I plan to write some longer stories based on some of the stories that I have entered into the challenge.

I think that would be fun, because as I was writing those short stories; my brain was engaging and my creativity was flowing so much, that I was mentally creating more paragraphs in my mind as I was writing them.

So; what do you think?

Are you up for more microfiction? Would you write them if Vocal considered it?

Let me know in the comments.