Friday, March 22, 2013

Honing the Soft Arsenal

So, this semester, which should have been my last, is going as hectically slow as I could have hoped. In fact, I'm actually writing this in my econ class. Yay, fractional reserve banking or whatever.

Anyway, I am taking advanced fiction writing class with Dr. Andrew Plattner. I thought "Oh here is another easy-peasy A." I don't think that anymore. Dr. Plattner has probably helped me hone my craft more than all other people on Earth. I know what I need to work on--information. I tend to leave things blank or at best vague. I rely too much on emotion instead of action. I mean, it makes perfect sense that so-and-so would be struck with grief--his mom just died or whatever. In any case, this class is helping me immensely.

Soon, I will start posting some flash fiction up here pretty regularly. Plattner thinks it will help me with brevity and poignancy. In any case, here is my latest piece of short fiction. I put it up on Scrib.com which is a great site, by the way.


                          Click for the reads!

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