User blog comment:SOMEGUY123/300 Word Long Stories/@comment-28938497-20150105232252/@comment-26030957-20150122173520

Nice example of how in just a few words character development is possible: "And I was a thirty five year old man who left school at sixteen and wanted to learn something again." This simple sentance gives us a real feel for the narrator as well as ledning him a sympatetic plight.