Dear Followers and well-wishers
This is where there would normally have been a new prompt. However, I’ve decided to press Pause on the Min Min Weekly Challenge for a week or so. Despite my own best efforts and those of a small but loyal band of followers, it hardly seems to be lighting up the writing universe.
There are many possible reasons for this, including:
- There are just too many prompts out there for people to keep up.
- (Up to) 250 words is too much for people’s limited attention spans these days and/or it falls into the Valley of Death between microfiction and a proper short story. Perhaps, as Jenne has suggested, it should read ‘between 100 and 250 words’.
- Some people may find posting to your own blog and then sending the link elsewhere is too complicated and perhaps it should be simplified to just posting direct to a page, similar to Carrot Ranch and other pages.
- Being an (almost) no holds barred page, some people might be afraid of what they might encounter.
- People may prefer the ‘soft’ challenges on other pages that allow them to simply relate anecdotes or homilies.
I know I’m an impatient old bugger and maybe I should wait for it to grow organically, even at a snail’s pace.
Perhaps I should consider becoming a publisher myself and then at least perhaps be able to offer a wider audience (because, as you know, what the world desperately needs is a new litmag.).
Let me know what you think, in as few or as many words as you like, in your usual fearless fashion. It would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Doug
Six Crooked Highways 
I enjoy it. I haven’t been posting much this week due to time restrictions, but I enjoy the challenge. New challenges are always difficult to get truly started. You do what makes you happy.
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Thank you so much for your encouragement, Marla. It’s greatly appreciated.
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The only thing that truly means anything is that you enjoy your blogging experience. If Min Min makes you happy, do it. So what if it takes off? If it doesn’t make you happy, who cares if it’s the most popular thing in earth? You just need to be happy and enjoy blogging!
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Sorry Doug, I haven’t been able to add anything- a combination of things- life, the universe and everything keeps conspiring to leave me wondering where the time went. Sometimes the world don’t align with our wants.
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Not a problem. Just looking for any thoughts people might have.
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I would participate if the word limit was a little more accommodating. 100 – 250 would be great! It just depends on time and whether I can think of an appropriate story for the prompt. What do you think about using a linky tool for people to add their links? I think adding a pingback to the comments is fine, but some challenges use linky tools.
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Thanks for the ideas. I was using Linkz before but some people found that too difficult or fussy. Perhaps I could provide an option for both, to suit all preferences. Regards, Doug
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