950,000 words
in the English language
All you have to do is use just 55 of them to write your own story.
- A story is a story only if it contains the following four elements: 1) a setting; 2) a character or characters; 3) conflict; and 4) resolution.
- All stories have to be happening someplace, which means they have to have a setting of some kind, even if it’s the other side of the universe, the inner reaches of someone’s mind, or just the house next-door.
- In the course of the story, something has to happen.
- Story’s title isn’t included in the word count. But remember that it can’t be more than seven words long.
- Any punctuation is allowed, and no punctuation marks count as words.
