Comments on: Critical Mass http://www.saalonmuyo.com/2009/11/09/critical-mass/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=critical-mass Flashlights and Explosions Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:09:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steven Till http://www.saalonmuyo.com/2009/11/09/critical-mass/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 Steven Till Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:18:16 +0000 http://www.saalonmuyo.com/?p=693#comment-1617 Bradbury was good at it, for sure. Hemingway also wrote some good short fiction pieces. Bradbury was good at it, for sure. Hemingway also wrote some good short fiction pieces.

]]> By: saalon http://www.saalonmuyo.com/2009/11/09/critical-mass/comment-page-1/#comment-1616 saalon Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:38 +0000 http://www.saalonmuyo.com/?p=693#comment-1616 That's much the same way I feel. As bad as I am with stand alone short form works, I've always had a knack for episodic writing. I'm fine with the form, I just can't conceptualize a story that fits entirely within it. In fact, in many ways, episodic or serial storytelling is my favorite kind. The alternation of different forms through the course of that kind of story is intoxicating to me as writer, and I've built some of my best work up as a series of shorter pieces. But a short story that stands on its own like the old, awesome masters like Bradbury could do? I just have never been able to think that way. It's something I hope I can get through at some point. It's a weakness I don't really like. That’s much the same way I feel. As bad as I am with stand alone short form works, I’ve always had a knack for episodic writing. I’m fine with the form, I just can’t conceptualize a story that fits entirely within it. In fact, in many ways, episodic or serial storytelling is my favorite kind. The alternation of different forms through the course of that kind of story is intoxicating to me as writer, and I’ve built some of my best work up as a series of shorter pieces.

But a short story that stands on its own like the old, awesome masters like Bradbury could do? I just have never been able to think that way.

It’s something I hope I can get through at some point. It’s a weakness I don’t really like.

]]> By: Steven Till http://www.saalonmuyo.com/2009/11/09/critical-mass/comment-page-1/#comment-1615 Steven Till Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:34:53 +0000 http://www.saalonmuyo.com/?p=693#comment-1615 I used to love writing short fiction, but I've never felt I had enough time to develop the characters and plot. After my senior year creative writing class in college, I decided to take those short forms I had been working on and try writing a novel. I actually think writing a novel is easier because you're not as limited; you have much more space to develop everything. A lot of my short stories end up sounding like smaller chunks of a larger work any way. I suppose I don't write in the traditional short story form. My personal style is to create a scene that is usually open ended with the potential to become a longer narrative. The examples I have on my site are written this way. I used to love writing short fiction, but I’ve never felt I had enough time to develop the characters and plot. After my senior year creative writing class in college, I decided to take those short forms I had been working on and try writing a novel. I actually think writing a novel is easier because you’re not as limited; you have much more space to develop everything. A lot of my short stories end up sounding like smaller chunks of a larger work any way. I suppose I don’t write in the traditional short story form. My personal style is to create a scene that is usually open ended with the potential to become a longer narrative. The examples I have on my site are written this way.

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