Most of my story ideas are large. They usually come to me after a nap, as a matter of fact the three story ideas that I think are marketable and I must write before I die have come to me right after an awesome mid-afternoon nap.
I just thought of my first short story idea that I think will work well today. It came to me while I was just lying on the couch. No nap involved. Maybe this is the key to short story ideas… no napping.
I plan on writing it in the next day or two and posting it here. Short story short post.
Nice. Didn’t Hemingway think that short stories were the future of literature? I can’t wait to read it.
Hey, I love love this new layout! Very nice. Waiting for your stories. Do you want praise, constructive criticism or an I-read-this?
@ Fringes
Any comments you ever leave are welcome be they criticism or adulation.
The criticism doesn’t even have to be constructive
Don’t quit your dayjob asswipe is perfectly acceptable, we’re all friends here.
@EEK
Although I like some Hemingway, The Pearl and The Old Man and the Sea especially, I had never read his thoughts on the future of literature.
Short stories always leave me wanting more and therefore are not my favorite things. I like a good solid novel, preferably in the sci-fi/fantasy genre.
I used to not like short stories, but I’m in love with them nowadays. Cuts to the chase, and I find that a lot of times some of these writers say a lot more in a couple of pages than they do in a couple of hundred. Just sayin’.
But in the end, nothing beats a good novel. I like the length because you become intimate with the characters and fall into the story.
@Seb
yeah I think that’s what makes novels my choice too. The character development. Short stories you have to either sacrifice the story or sacrifice character I think.
Hi there. Thought you might be interested in this: http://jkfowler.com/2009/11/14/feather-figure/ . Cheers, JK