After reading Billy the Kid and Stern's collecting of short stories I couldn't help but to think that I wanted to know more. With Billy the Kid I felt like I was starting in the middle of the story and I wanted to know more about the characters. I want to know how these memories connect with each other, because I found them to be random acts.
I did enjoy the micro fiction works a lot. They too go with the theme of wanting to know more about the characters. That is true with any good piece of writing. Unless the character dies you want to know more about them. My favorite piece was Roberto Fernandez's piece called "Wrong Channel". I enjoyed the humor of the miscommunication. I feel that he accomplished his goal of giving a successful story in few words, but he didn't overcome the fact of me wanting to know more. I want to know what happens next. Did she get her green card? Did someone notice the translation was wrong?
I attempted my own micro fiction writing in my Creative Writing I class. It was called "The Message". It is difficult to get the story out with the minimal amount of words you can use for it to me considered micro fiction. I used the piece in a workshop and many of my classmates wanted to more about the characters. You can't blame humans for being nosey.
I did enjoy the micro fiction works a lot. They too go with the theme of wanting to know more about the characters. That is true with any good piece of writing. Unless the character dies you want to know more about them. My favorite piece was Roberto Fernandez's piece called "Wrong Channel". I enjoyed the humor of the miscommunication. I feel that he accomplished his goal of giving a successful story in few words, but he didn't overcome the fact of me wanting to know more. I want to know what happens next. Did she get her green card? Did someone notice the translation was wrong?
I attempted my own micro fiction writing in my Creative Writing I class. It was called "The Message". It is difficult to get the story out with the minimal amount of words you can use for it to me considered micro fiction. I used the piece in a workshop and many of my classmates wanted to more about the characters. You can't blame humans for being nosey.