Jesse Ball's 365 day story is dead.  It died somewhere on day fifty, but I kept it propped up in the corner and fed it applesauce for another thirty days ignoring the smell.  I apologize to mr. ball and his 365 words.  I hope to one day revisit this idea.  Until then you can dig through this mess and take bits and pieces of the leftover words and use them in your own stories.

A 365 day story is told over the course of one year.  Each day the story grows.  At the end of the 365 days the story will be complete.  The first 365 day story is by Jesse Ball.  It is 365 words long.

365 day story by Jesse Ball

At the edge of that damnable plank, there was a considerable drop off. Six people, no less, had walked over the edge. But there was no safety beneath. Land wasn't in sight, and wouldn't ever be, not for someone in these waves. They were like folds of cloth--that unkind. Swaddling waves, not gentle in the slightest! "No thank you," I said politely and looked over my shoulder. The ship's..."

Jesse Ball is a spy and has written books. He has written the above 365 day story. It will told beginning 01.01.08 and end 12.31.08