A new story is up at the Gazette.
What do young married people talk about in the bedroom? What happens when a young husband bumps into an old girlfriend and the girlfriend is hot? How will the young wife react?
Real life is complicated. Life in flash fiction can be complicated, too. There is no trick to writing the very short story. There is no mystery to writing intimate dialogue. It is simply a part of the writer’s education.
Here is Nude Conversation.
When a writer leaves some things in a story to the reader’s imagination, that writer is inviting the reader to share in the creation of the work. A writer who tries to put every single detail about a story in the story shuts out what the reader brings to the story. The reader is not a baby to be spoon fed by the writer.
Writing fiction and creative writing in general takes two: the reader and the writer. The writer only needs to put in a story the significant details. If these details are the right significant details the reader will fill in the rest…
For articles on the craft of writing go to the sidebar on the right and scroll down to “More Flash Articles”.
Dialogue is the sound track of a short story. A writer can put honking car horns and thunder in a story, but readers want to hear the people in the story talk. It is through action that characters reveal themselves and dialogue is action.
This is why dialogue must reveal…
It’s a lovely summer day for blogging in Pittsburgh. And it’s another lovely day for summer reading fun. To find excellent examples of characters revealing themselves through dialogue in short creative writing about male-female relationships, friendship, love, sex and marriage check out the sidebar on the right under “Great Flash Fiction Stories To Read”.
Life, writing and blogging, the three cannot be separated. The Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette is a great resource for the writer and blogger trying to capture the endless variety of life.
In the sidebar on the right under “Great Flash Fiction Stories To Read” can be found life in its stunning variety.
Scroll down to find dozens of helpful articles on the craft of writing in “More Flash Articles”.
Welcome to the Gazette.
Readers, writers and bloggers will find culture, education and entertainment here at the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette.
If culture is about artistic pursuits, if education is about intellectual pursuits and if entertainment is about amusement then the Gazette has all three.
In the sidebar on the right are “Great Flash Fiction Stories To Read” and “More Flash Articles”.
Do a random scan and read what you like.
Writing, Literature & Erotica
July 10, 2009 — pittsburghflashfictiongazetteThe Gazette believes it has found its niche on the Internet as a blog of writing, literature and erotica. As editor and publisher of the Gazette, I hope to continue this evolution and to make the Gazette a one stop site for readers and writers seeking literary entertainment and insightful articles full of practical tips and advice on the craft of writing.
You will find great flash fiction and great articles in the sidebar on the right.