Writing 25 Word Stories

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So what’s a 25 word story — and more importantly, why would you want your kids to write them?   Well, a 25 word story is exactly what it sounds like: A 25 word story. It’s a writing style that I first discovered by following Kevin Hogdson — a really remarkable sixth grade language arts teacher — in Twitter.   Kevin was regularly writing these incredible stories contained in a single tweet that had a clear beginning, middle and ending. They were emotional. They were funny. They were provocative and they were cool. And while there doesn’t seem to be a ton of people writing them anymore, a little community grew up around the short stories being shared with the #25wordstory hashtag.
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