Micro-Mini Stories – 2

If you have a really short story, please share it with us in a comment field below. This is the time of year for really short stories. Structure it like the one below if you can, with the variables underlined.

This is the one that Catharina recommended to Aya:

A Thirsty Dog

is thirsty
drinks
runs

A dog is thirsty. The dog drinks a lot. The dog runs to the bathroom.

[Credit: Michael Miller]

Just treat this in the same way you would a regular story. Establish meaning, PQA the target structures using your PQA counters, and then get an actor up to be the dog and take the first sentence and start getting circled reps on it until it fades out in interest level, do the second sentence and the third. Cook for thirty minutes with a quick quiz or two thrown in with any other ingredients that are garden fresh, serve and enjoy as a reading. For a thorough review of how to do that, reread Sample Stories A through D in TPRS in a Year!