Short-shorts, Part Two

I've punched out six very short stories in the last couple of weeks, from a page to two pages in length. It's the right approach for someone who only has an hour here and there to write. The time pressure forces me to get to the point as quickly as possible. I have to reach the emotional core of the story in the first fifteen minutes or so of writing. I frequently despair of writing anything at all, my mind is so preoccupied with baby and with daily life--but sometimes I can use that despair itself to build up the emotions on the page. Hopefully it's panning out; I won't know for several more weeks.