 Short Stories: March 18, 2020 Issue [#10079] |
This week: In a Few Words Edited by: Annette  
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| Hello writers and readers of short stories, I am Annette and I will be your guest editor for this issue. |
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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.
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