This is the second of three (exactly) fifty-word stories that I wrote for the Brian Dibble Shortest Story Competition. I didn't win.
I broke down in tears when I tried to write a story in only fifty words. I threw my pen across the room and swore.
"That's not a story," I said to the scribbling on my notebook. "That's a paragraph!"
I went back to working on my novel.
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My writing is fiction, mostly. I believe fiction should be truthful. Not factual: that's non-fiction. Truthful fiction has true themes, true descriptions, and true characters. When you read it, you say, "Wow: that's true." I'm not saying I achieve this, but I do try.
My writing is fiction, mostly. I believe fiction should be truthful. Not factual: that's non-fiction. Truthful fiction has true themes, true descriptions, and true characters. When you read it, you say, "Wow: that's true." I'm not saying I achieve this, but I do try.
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2 comments:
Cool. But from my experience, most editors are inundated with stories, especially micro flash pieces, about a writer finding difficulty in penning a flash piece. Now a novel about a writer finding difficulty penning a novel...hmmm...
Thanks, Angel. The value of learning from the experience of others is hard to measure. I actually thought I had a very original idea for that piece. I'm deadly serious. In hindsight, it makes sense that thousands of writers trying to create a story in 50 words are going to express frustration in this way.
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