On a forum I use someone posed the question You're
only allowed to write about one set of characters for the rest of the
year. Which characters (your own or someone else's) would you write
about?It made me think about setting limits for writing. What about if I could only choose one place to set a story? Or one time of day? One type of weather? One room? One emotion?
Two years ago I was really into writing flash fiction, but that's fallen off recently. Today my challenge is to use a couple of the ideas above to write some flash fiction - a complete, short, one-scene story with a limited setting.
That's a good one! I think that has been one of the most surprising things for me as I work at my writing-- some of the best things I've written have come out of setting limits.
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