The proliferation of the micro-story
Mar. 12th, 2013 10:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
superbadgirlIs it just me and my current fandom of choice, but are tiny stories (100-500 words) or a collection of tiny stories comprising a still tiny final piece all that is being produced lately? What is this phenomenon? Is it that our attention spans have become such that anything over a certain word count makes us tl;dr?
It's not that I don't think writing with limited words isn't valid or challenging. I know it is. I joined the last drabble writer standing thing just to see if I could. (I can, incidentally, but that challenge was challenging for far different reasons and I'm still uncertain if it's even over or what. That's all I'll say about that, except that the result I was hoping to gain from it fizzled.) It's not easy cramming a complete story into a small space. I appreciate the skill it takes. I really do.
But am I the only one craving something longer and of decent quality to read, with more frequency? I know this sounds like I'm demanding fic. It doesn't work like that, I know. I can't have what I want just because I want it. But, damn, this post is longer than many "stories" I've seen lately.
Whine, whine. Fandom, serve me! ;)
/wanders away to finish writing a long story and maybe look for a job/
/the song playing right now is super relevant to the long story I'm trying to finish, coincidentally, and I love when stuff like that happens/
It's not that I don't think writing with limited words isn't valid or challenging. I know it is. I joined the last drabble writer standing thing just to see if I could. (I can, incidentally, but that challenge was challenging for far different reasons and I'm still uncertain if it's even over or what. That's all I'll say about that, except that the result I was hoping to gain from it fizzled.) It's not easy cramming a complete story into a small space. I appreciate the skill it takes. I really do.
But am I the only one craving something longer and of decent quality to read, with more frequency? I know this sounds like I'm demanding fic. It doesn't work like that, I know. I can't have what I want just because I want it. But, damn, this post is longer than many "stories" I've seen lately.
Whine, whine. Fandom, serve me! ;)
/wanders away to finish writing a long story and maybe look for a job/
/the song playing right now is super relevant to the long story I'm trying to finish, coincidentally, and I love when stuff like that happens/
