In writing fiction (or any other kind of text), it can be useful to set fruitful constraints. These are limitations that can lead to fruitful results. This is why you have probably struggled when a teacher told you to write a research paper about ______, but when you've been given more specific limitations, you've done better. The same is true about literature and creative writing. Flash fictions are limited to 1000 words or less and that constraint allows writers to take chances and do things that they might not normally do in a story. Here are some questions I have about the flash fictions in the packet (feel free to ask your own questions):
"A Notice from the Office of Reclamation": Why is this story told in first person plural ("we"). Who is the narrator speaking to ("you")? And why?
"590": Do any of you use Twitter? What do you think of using it as a platform to tell stories? If you want to check out other Twitter fiction, go here: Nanoism.
"Reasons for Elevators" & "Rumors of Myself": What are these stories about? If you find them difficult, why is that? (In fact, which is the most difficult story in this packet and why?)
"How to End Up": This, like the first story, is told in 2nd person. In fact, this story reads as a series of directions, doesn't it? How is this a story and not something like directions to operate a toaster? What makes it a story?
Feel free to ask questions or make comments about any of these stories or any that I don't mention here. If you want to ask anything about my two stories, I'm happy to answer your questions.
My thoughts on "a notice from the office of reclamation" your question about third person, is to describe the full experience of how horrible an ending you will have if one was to enter these forbidden mines.
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