Short Shorts: Sudden Fiction

ISBN-13: 9781491252949 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 70 str.

Nancy Margulies

Opis

Short Shorts: Sudden Fiction Nancy Margulies' first book of short short stories is the result of joining a writing group. Consider this as an option for you: invite a group of friends who like to write to share a weekly prompt via email or in-person meetings. A word or phrase is offered. Everyone then writes spontaneously - improvisational writing - for a timed period. Three minutes, ten or twelve minutes, occasionally longer. Whatever is written is shared, unedited, or not shared, that is all up to the writer. Feedback is positive: "what I liked, what moved me, what I'd like to hear more of. The stories in Sudden Fiction are all pretty much as they flowed out of the author's imagination, with slight editing. The characters range from an old woman rejoicing in her own face in the mirror to a young run-away, planning her nighttime adventures. Humorous, touching, quirky, unpredictable, the stories are told by a range of characters who appeared every time a prompt was given, demanding that their story be told. Crossing back and forth over the boundaries between poetry and fiction, narration and free verse, these stories refuse to obey any formal conventions.