benlehman: (Dusty Boots)
benlehman ([personal profile] benlehman) wrote2006-10-25 04:13 pm

Seven word horror story

By now you have forgotten the monster.

[identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
It's a tricky medium. You want to imply a beginning, middle, ending, and a sense of action between the three. I think a lot of the contemporary ones just went for setting a single scene, or an evocative idea or action, rather than a story. Which is cool, but ultimately less compelling.

I have a lot of experience writing haiku, tan bahk, and similar ultra-short form poems. I imagine it helps.