tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post8134775786412537319..comments2023-07-14T06:17:49.677-04:00Comments on The Daring Novelist: Thinking About a Short Story GameThe Daring Novelisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-65406091331582175562014-04-04T11:36:51.890-04:002014-04-04T11:36:51.890-04:00Absolutely!
I also think variety is important. B...Absolutely!<br /><br />I also think variety is important. Back in Life Drawing classes, we used to start a session with 2-minute gesture drawings before we went on to longer drawings. It was a great warm up, but it also meant we had a bunch of fast and fun _works_.The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-75010254387943204572014-04-04T05:07:59.685-04:002014-04-04T05:07:59.685-04:00Interesting stuff. Thanks for posting!
I also am ...Interesting stuff. Thanks for posting!<br /><br />I also am leaning towards writing a bunch of flash or short fiction, mostly because I just spent years writing my first novel.<br /><br />In the arts (I do painting, too, by the way) there's a common story about a talent-developing exercise. A sculpting teacher assigned a different task to two different classes. One class received instructions to spend an entire semester perfection on vase; the other class did a new vase every single day. At the end of the semester the class that did new vases every performed each vase at a superior level to the class that was still finishing up its first.<br /><br />There's something to be said about rapid creativity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-69032424720166221762014-03-21T13:29:00.623-04:002014-03-21T13:29:00.623-04:00It definitely takes practice to write short fictio...It definitely takes practice to write short fiction. And a full, clue-based mystery is really hard. Mostly mystery short fiction is some kind of crime or twist story.<br /><br />I'm thinking more and more about that TOC idea -- maybe throwing in some random elements from one of my story wheels - like the Wheel of Crimes.The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-77251461396201495002014-03-21T06:34:46.108-04:002014-03-21T06:34:46.108-04:00To me, short fiction is *so* much harder than long...To me, short fiction is *so* much harder than long fiction. I enjoy reading them, but really don't have the knack for writing them. Especially for mysteries.<br /><br />I think the Table of Contents from an old book would make for some really cool story prompts.Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com