Did some research and realized that I am not the first person to think of micro stories. The concept had been there for a long time. Some people tried to define it formally too but the definitions were mostly around the number of words...50...100...300 and so on.
I have a different opinion though. Why restrict creativity with a measuring tape? "Very short" is a good enough definition for me. But then what? Just very short? Why would someone even care? May be if that person is in a hurry he might care, but why even read a story then. Particularly if that is not interesting or likable!
I thought again about the definition of short stories by Tagore..."Simple ordinary life events...when it would end, the reader should wonder..what next?" As if it is a village road which took a sudden turn ahead. Everything very nice around but what is ahead? What next?
Can a micro story be defined like that? Crazy, stunning just like a lightning in the dark night? Momentarily you see all and then everything vanishes.
I tried to read some of those micro stories. Ones I read were either very abstract, not for common people or those were description of some events in some way. But I want it to be like a whip lash - came and gone as you blink but left the pain on your back. Or a sudden burst of laughter.
I really do not know exactly how I want my micro stories. I am just thinking aloud. Let me start writing and may be some day a definition would emerge. Or should I even worry about a definition? If people like the stories, who cares about a definition?
I have a different opinion though. Why restrict creativity with a measuring tape? "Very short" is a good enough definition for me. But then what? Just very short? Why would someone even care? May be if that person is in a hurry he might care, but why even read a story then. Particularly if that is not interesting or likable!
I thought again about the definition of short stories by Tagore..."Simple ordinary life events...when it would end, the reader should wonder..what next?" As if it is a village road which took a sudden turn ahead. Everything very nice around but what is ahead? What next?
Can a micro story be defined like that? Crazy, stunning just like a lightning in the dark night? Momentarily you see all and then everything vanishes.
I tried to read some of those micro stories. Ones I read were either very abstract, not for common people or those were description of some events in some way. But I want it to be like a whip lash - came and gone as you blink but left the pain on your back. Or a sudden burst of laughter.
I really do not know exactly how I want my micro stories. I am just thinking aloud. Let me start writing and may be some day a definition would emerge. Or should I even worry about a definition? If people like the stories, who cares about a definition?
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