I just wrote a flash fiction piece. I feel like I need a shower now. Don't get me wrong, I don't think people who write flash fiction are dirty or not writers (I'm not a writer, remember?) or anything. I just... it feels like I had a quicky. Little exposition, no world building, I didn't even name any characters! There were only two of them!
It's like I've taken all the stuff I'm good at and thrown it to the side and said 'FUCK this stuff, where's the dialogue and development?!'. I don't know if that's good, bad, or what. I'm just so confused right now.
Taking an hour to write a completely contained story that should be easily understood is like... I don't know, it's almost like cheating. Like using Cliff's Notes. But there wasn't anything more to the story: a guy is talking to a local grave digger who is more than meets the eye. And he doesn't transform into a robot. That's it, really. It's all dialogue, a bit of build up, and reveal.
Well. I guess now I'll let it stew, edit it, and see if anyone wants some flash fiction.
Wordslinger-117 out.
How many words/pages was the story?
ReplyDeleteAbout 1200. Which is like... eeeewwwwww, amirite?
ReplyDeleteIt's short, yeah. And if you edit it, it might get shorter. But it seems like that was exercise; you are keeping your writing skills sharp.
ReplyDeleteIf you ever want to come back to those characters some day, at least you put them down on paper.