Week 15 StoryLab: Learning About Microfiction
For this week's story assignment, I read and learned more about microfiction through various examples that were provided in the guide. I've definitely read microfiction in the past and have always enjoyed how a story can paint so much in a couple of sentences! The best part, I think, was how the main point of these short stories is to allow the readers themselves to fill in the blanks left so strategically by the authors. The story could take so many twists and turns, all depending on how the reader learns to decipher the story and continue on with it in their heads. Of the stories that I've read in the section, the ones that were most interesting were the horror ones in Reddit . I've always been intrigued by the horror genre, and of course, there were many here that gave me absolute goosebumps. One of the techniques that I've learned, especially under word limits, is to extend the length of the sentences themselves ... even if it's not grammatically correct. An