A delightful guest post on The Story Reading Ape’s blog by Craig Boyack on writing short-form fiction…
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One of my great loves is short form fiction. These can be micro-fiction, short stories, even novellas. I grew up reading these, and was saddened when they nearly died out.
In hindsight it’s easy to see. Short form was the preference of magazines and newspapers. If you look back far enough some of our classic fiction came from those media, and not what we call novels. Sherlock Holmes came to light this way.
When the Internet took control of our lives, most of the paper media faded away. We get our news online, or on television. Magazines…
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Many Thanks for re-blogging Tina 😀 XXX
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Always, Chris ❤
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Thank you for sharing this today. I’m delighted.
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Delighted you’re delighted, Craig 🙂
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