There are no scientific results in yet, but it’s quite a nice thing what the university of Essex is trying (and promoting): extreme tweeting (because of the small amount of words, 10) or microfiction. From the project-website:

The microfiction project explores a creativity-based approach to academic skills. Microfiction is a story written in ten words or fewer. In the 1920s Ernest Hemingway wrote “For sale. Baby shoes. Never used.” He claimed it was the best story he had ever written. Through workshops where microfiction is written, students learn to write concisely. This skill is vital when writing essays and dissertations and the workshops encourage participants to think about the importance of every word they write, and to consider ways to express themselves in fewer words.

In spring term 2013 the university challenged staff and students to write their own microfiction. The competition had four categories: stories, ideas, university and education. Of course I’m very interested in the winner of the education category:

That inevitable split second when you take criticism personally.
Goedele Caluwe, student, School of Philosophy and Art History