Card 1 — The Goal
💯 The 100-Word Story: A complete story — beginning, middle, end — in exactly 100 words. Nothing teaches pacing and word choice faster than a hard ceiling.
Small Stories, Big Progress: 5 Short-Form Writing Wins
Card 2 — Step 1
💬 The Dialogue Sprint: Two minutes of pure conversation, no descriptions allowed. Characters reveal themselves faster talking than being described.
Card 3 — Step 2
🔄 The One-Note Swap: Trade pieces with a friend and ask for exactly ONE note. Focused feedback gets applied; ten notes get abandoned.
Card 4 — Step 3
❤️ The Emotion Anchor: Pick one emotion and build the whole scene around it. Anchored scenes stay focused; unanchored ones wander into nothing.
Card 5 — The Cheat Sheet
✂️ The Opening Rewrite: Rewrite just the first paragraph of any draft. Openings carry the whole piece — and rewriting one paragraph always teaches more than rereading ten.