Chilly Scenes of Flash Fiction: Rendering Quiet Power
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Photo by Daniel Mirlea on Unsplash “Remember the night out on the lawn, knee deep in snow, chins pointed at the sky as the wind whirled down all that whiteness? It seemed that the world had been turned upside down, and we were looking into an enormous field of Queen Anne's lace. Later, headlights off, our car was the first to ride through the newly fallen snow.”
“When you want to make the reader feel pity, try to be somewhat colder—that seems to give a kind of background to another’s grief, against which it stands out more clearly.” Oh I love this advice! YES, Thank you for these newsletters! I really appreciate them and look forward to them!
Really helpful! I'm going to try the prompt this evening
Thanks for this advice and these wonderful examples!
“When you want to make the reader feel pity, try to be somewhat colder—that seems to give a kind of background to another’s grief, against which it stands out more clearly.” Oh I love this advice! YES, Thank you for these newsletters! I really appreciate them and look forward to them!