250 Word Story — Erik Ammon

I’m working on my story for Susanna Leonard Hill’s 12th Annual Holiday Writing Contest. I opened a blank file on my laptop, and jotted ideas, rejecting them as I went, until I found a good one.

The topic has to center around a winter holiday, or solstice, AND be told in under 250 words, with a plot and all, in a story that children will like.

I wrote it out in one sitting from the quick outline I made. All 670 words. Yeah, 670 words. I’m gonna have to cut out…hold on, doing mathy things…420 words!

I mean, okay, it can be done. I guess. I love the idea for this contest. So, yeah, I’ve got a couple weeks to get that done. When it is, and the entry is ready to go, I’ll post it here for all to read, and hope it’s liked! Plus, you know, make it a story, more importantly, that I like.