There is nothing like live theatre. The actors on the stage and the audience in the seats form a community. This community is the core of all drama.
It is the responsibility of the writer of flash fiction and the short story to create this community between the characters of the story and the reader.
One way to do this is to make the world of the sudden story and the short story as life like as possible. One way to accomplish this life likeness is to give the micro-story a soundtrack. How to Add a Soundtrack to Your Writing explains how to create this community.
Can A Fiction Writer Really Capture Life?
July 17, 2009 — pittsburghflashfictiongazetteCan a fiction writer really capture life? As Governor Sarah Palin would say, “You betcha!”
I would never vote for Governor Palin; but if I was as successful as a blogger as she is as a politician…Enough! The Gazette is about writing fiction, not about politics.
Too many novice writers have their flash fiction and short stories take place too much inside the characters’ heads. The author just “tells” the reader what the characters are feeling and thinking.
“Showing” what the characters are feeling and thinking is far more “life-like”. And just like in real life our lives are full of sound. How to Add a Soundtrack to Your Writing will help your fiction to capture “life”.