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Short Stories: March 18, 2020 Issue [#10079]




 This week: In a Few Words
  Edited by: NaNoNette Author IconMail Icon
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions

About This Newsletter

Hello writers and readers of short stories, I am NaNoNette Author Icon and I will be your guest editor for this issue.


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Letter from the editor

In a Few Words


A short story, by definition, needs to be told in as few words as possible. While it uses those few words, it has to make the reader see something, feel something, and create a glimpse into a fictional world.

To make super short fiction attractive to read, you have to use words that show as much as possible. Sometimes, it means to use terms that can come across as hamfisted and cliche, but that's totally okey in super short fiction.

Want to describe a large, very strong man? He's built like a tank.
Want to describe someone who has good people skills? They can spot a "phony" a mile away.
Want to describe a person who doesn't understand something right away? Have someone mention, "Use small words."
Want to describe a smart person? Have them show someone else off as being wrong.

As you see, my questions were pretty dull, but the way to describe those things in a different way, are visual and funny. Just to be sure, I didn't come up with those phrases. They are taken from super short short stories that were entered into the Flash Fiction Contest. A daily contest that challenges writers to tell a complete story with a setting, at least one character, a conflict and a resolution - all of it in 300 words or less.

To make those 300 (or fewer) words count and still tell a compelling story, you have to wield words that create an image, a mood, a feeling, or something within the reader. Yes, reading a short story of that length is quickly done, but capturing the reader in so few words is an art.

Practice it.



Editor's Picks

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Contest entry of 300 words or less.
#2215863 by Robert J. McReady Author IconMail Icon

 
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Grass doesn't care [300 words] Open in new Window. (18+)
300 words. Prompt: note, arrow, night
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 Fate Tempted Open in new Window. (ASR)
That will bring bad luck. Prompt for flash fiction contest. 299 words
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Timeless Beauty Open in new Window. (E)
It's dangerous to get too involved in your work.
#2215673 by Ned Author IconMail Icon

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Daily Flash Fiction Challenge Open in new Window. (13+)
Enter your story of 300 words or less.
#896794 by Arakun the twisted raccoon Author IconMail Icon

 
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Ask & Answer

I received no replies to my last Short Stories Newsletter "Reviewing the Short StoryOpen in new Window..

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