If every story has already been told (a maxim I don’t quite agree with), then how do we create stories that feel fresh? One way to create new stories is to create specific and unique characters and put them in situations that put them through the narrative wringer, revealing their innate character-ness. Characters who are given a chance or forced to change or shift usually come alive on the page because they are forced to act, react, and make choices. Not all flash or micro stories function along this narrative line, but this type of story tends to be my favorite. The reader has a role in the story, making the story more intimate and the characters more unique and specific. Let’s put this idea to the test by looking at “
Subverting plot in a Micro
Subverting plot in a Micro
Subverting plot in a Micro
If every story has already been told (a maxim I don’t quite agree with), then how do we create stories that feel fresh? One way to create new stories is to create specific and unique characters and put them in situations that put them through the narrative wringer, revealing their innate character-ness. Characters who are given a chance or forced to change or shift usually come alive on the page because they are forced to act, react, and make choices. Not all flash or micro stories function along this narrative line, but this type of story tends to be my favorite. The reader has a role in the story, making the story more intimate and the characters more unique and specific. Let’s put this idea to the test by looking at “