The old man bent his head over it. He wept.” In 145 words, Berger turns a traditional Who (“the 82-year-old, ... How can you write a 198-word caption without using the dead man’s name?

But the real purpose of the 1000 Words of Summer project isn’t just to generate 14,000 words over two weeks. It’s also to help you establish a regular writing habit—also referred to as a ...