A recent post at FlashFiction.net referred to an interview Randall Brown did with Chad Simpson regarding Chad’s experience as “selecting editor” for the Wigleaf Top 50 [very] short fictions of 2008. In addition to the Top 50, the interview discusses flash in general. It’s a worthwhile read for anyone interested in writing fiction (notice I didn’t say short fiction). Here are a couple highlights from Chad’s comments.
On what he learned:
“I discovered things about structure, and voice, and metaphor, and language, and conflict, and image, and humor, and sentiment, and drama, and just about everything else having to do with making stories.”
On the future flash fiction:
“I think the form will continue to evolve and that writers will continue to find new ways of telling [very] short stories...”
On using flash in his writing classes:
“. . .most of the stories we read--and most of the stories in the Wigleaf Top 50--are larger than their containers, so to speak.”
This is an excellent interview that offers advice applicable to every fiction writer.
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