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2005-06-21, 7:58 p.m.

What is Minisaga?

mini- /'mmi/ comb. form miniature; very small or minor of it's kind.
saga /'sa·ga/ n. 1 a long story of heroic achievement esp. medieval Icelandic or Norwegian prose narrative. 2 a long involved story.

mini-saga /'mmi-sa·ga/ n. a piece of writing which has exactly fifty words, not including the title which can have up to fifteen words. tells a story and has a beginning, middle and end. is never simply a description of something.

Every few days, I will post some kind of inspiration for you to write your own mini-saga about. Email it to me and I'll post it here.