Hey, you came back for day two. Awesome! How did you do yesterday with brainstorming and writing your story? I browsed through your posts and was so impressed with the writing y’all did. Let’s do it again today.

In writing, we often use symbols to help the reader grasp much more complex topics, and that’s what we’re going to do on day two of Micro-Memoir: The Art of Writing Short.

In addition to publishing a print journal every two years, River Teeth: A Journal of Narrative Nonfiction releases a weekly micro-essay. Today, we use Sarah Broderick’s “Tiny Purple Flowers” and examine how she uses a symbol to tell a much larger story.

Make use of clustering (blank cluster diagrams below) to root through the cobwebs and find a moment you wish to write that includes a symbol. Repeat the clustering process until you have the story down to one of short duration that includes only a few people. This is your s-story. If you’ve not yet watched the How to Cluster video, you may want to do that first.

The maximum word count for today is 250. You can write fewer words but not more, not even 251, and remember, all words count, even the little ones. Please post your story and its word count in the comments section below.

Keep writing, posting, and commenting for your chance to be a Rock Star Writer and possibly have a story reviewed by this elite group and me. Wouldn’t that be a kick?