A micro story

And a little update to go with it. I tried my hand at a 50 word dribble and it’s been published by 50 Word Stories – read it here. Many thanks to Tim for accepting it 😊

Submitting fiction is a bit of an exercise in rejection so it’s always a wee boost when someone likes a piece you’ve written 🙂 I have struggled with flash fiction – I find it difficult to wrap my head around how to tell a complete story – beginning, middle and end – in so few words, so my ideas tend to be more ‘moments’ which often aren’t as well received. I definitely prefer having breathing room to build a character or two, but flash is still useful for expanding my writing skills.

As I said in my last post, this month is pretty busy with getting new stories ready for contests. For the latest one that I’m preparing for, I came up with one new idea, got it down and then came up with another I liked better so I now have a completed first draft and half of a second story instead of just being finished one! 🙈 Fingers crossed it means two decent stories and not just that the first idea was a distraction from what I needed to get done 😅

Further update will follow at the beginning of next month!