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Beautifully Illustrated Stories In Just 420 Characters (PHOTOS)

Posted: 12/06/11 10:44 AM ET
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These stories all began as Facebook posts, an exercise in compressing tales into the constraints of only 420 characters, including spaces and punctuation. I call them 'tales' for, in the ones that work best, there is a narrative arc that takes place in the space of a breath. The pictures are drawn from the same well as the stories, a place of dreams and impressions and overheard conversations. They are not meant to illustrate the stories, but rather to suggest tales of their own. My new book "420 Characters" is out on Dec. 6. has many more stories. It's a lovely volume that fits snugly in a stocking.

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SHE TRUSTED grins, they were shot directly from the heart. Whereas smiles, oh smiles could trick, be untrue, do you harm. Mendacious, twisted with bad intentions, like her father's, his mouth turned up at one corner like a beckoning finger, pulling his eye down into a squint.
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These stories all began as Facebook posts, an exercise in compressing tales into the constraints of only 420 characters, including spaces and punctuation. I call them 'tales' for, in the ones that wor...
These stories all began as Facebook posts, an exercise in compressing tales into the constraints of only 420 characters, including spaces and punctuation. I call them 'tales' for, in the ones that wor...
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sherwoodforest
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01:17 AM on 12/08/2011
LOve this- can't wait to get to a book store soon!
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jenjen2030
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02:19 PM on 12/06/2011
I hope you didn't really name your book "420 Characters"... unless you meant to. Because Twitter's limit is 140... not 420.
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value study
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05:06 PM on 12/06/2011
From the artice: "These stories all began as Facebook posts, an exercise in compressing tales into the constraints of only 420 characters, including spaces and punctuation."

He is using Facebook's character limit, not Twitter's.
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value study
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05:19 PM on 12/06/2011
He's using Facebook's character limit, not Twitter's.
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