Not only do many readers have shorter attention spans, but many writers seem to have shorter attention spans, too. I haven’t been able to get through a novel in years. Maybe part of the reason for shorter attention spans is the fact that we are bombarded by information. Modern life and the media simply will not let us rest.
If life and the media will not let us rest, how do we readers and writers get our fiction fix? The answer is to read shorter fiction and to write shorter fiction. The Internet Age is perfect for flash fiction.
Hello hello hello, my blogging and writing friends. You know how the Old Soldier feels about flash fiction. Together, you and I will continue to explore and enjoy this fascinating literary genre.
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Raymond Carver And The Very Short Story
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It is no secret that the Old Soldier is an advocate of the flash fiction story. The Old Soldier discovered this art form years ago when, as a writer questioning his ability to write because no one would accept his regular-length short stories and he did not have the discipline or stamina to write a novel, he came across the stories of Raymond Carver.
In the 1980s, Raymond Carver was credited with revitalizing the American short story. Carver was not a flash fiction writer; but his short stories were so stripped down that much of the story was implied, in the subtext, took place in the mind of the reader.
This was the beginning of modern “minimalism.” The Old Soldier had an epiphany, just like a character in a short story: If a writer was good enough, that writer could write a very short story and still it would be complete because it would take place in the imagination of the reader. And the imagination of the reader is vast.
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