Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette

A few nights ago the Old Soldier watched a tape of The Misfits starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift.  It’s a movie worth watching.  It was good to see how well Marilyn could handle a serious role.  Everyone did some fine acting. 

The Old Soldier watches old movies in order to learn how to write better flash fiction.  Good movies teach a writer to “show don’t tell.”  Show don’t tell allows a reader to “live” in the story.

A flash fiction writer has to keep in mind many things when writing a story and show don’t tell is one of the most difficult things to achieve.  Show don’t tell simply means the writer depends more on action than explanation to move a narrative forward.

John Houston, the director of The Misfits, understood this perfectly.  You will find the finest examples of the show don’t tell technique in Compressionism: The Pittsburgh Stories (E-Book).  Every young writer should have this book.  Download your copy now.

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