Da good ole rules fo da April writing contes : )

Eh, we get some writers now, uh? Everybody cooking wit gas. So how dis sound to you? Dis month you can write — tree guesses and two no count —

one haiku

or you can write . . . got it?

one piece exactly 100 words

or you can write?

Das right: one piece exactly 1000 words long.

Can guess wot coming next o’wot?

Yeah, it’s da themes fo dis month:

April Fool’s Day

Fools

Shakespeare

April showers

Baths

Hygiene

Hair

Shaving

Change

Status quo

Language class

First Class

Class

First Grade

Grades

First kiss

French

First place

Winning

Last place

Losing

Momentum

Physics

Einstein

Glasses

Shots

Guns

Das good. Nuff awready. Chance um. Go get um. Now. Serious kine. Staht. Write. Write. Write. Right? Right.

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