{"id":8990,"date":"2013-07-09T03:00:14","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=8990"},"modified":"2013-07-03T20:36:11","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T03:36:11","slug":"characterization-in-a-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/09\/characterization-in-a-flash\/","title":{"rendered":"Characterization in a Flash by Annmarie Miles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Please welcome back Annmarie Miles for another month with\u00a0Writer\u2019s Fun Zone<\/a>. In today\u2019s article she discusses the importance of intriguing characterization from the start in flash fiction. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Many writers agree that writing short stories is often harder than writing a novel.<\/strong> You have to tell an equally good tale with a limited word count; and the best of these are an art form. I\u2019m just getting into learning this art. I\u2019ve found that a key element of the short story is to excite interest in the character in as few words as possible.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no doubt that in a novel, the writer must work hard to keep the attention and interest of the reader right to the end. It isn\u2019t so hard to do that in a short story, but at the end the reader still wants to have been entertained, they don\u2019t want to be disappointed by an inane glimpse at a situation. Even with flash and micro fiction, you want the reader to immediately be interested in your character and have questions about them\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who is this person?
\nWhy did they do that?
\nHow did they end up in this situation?
\nWhat will happen next?<\/i><\/p>\n

In flash fiction you don\u2019t have time to develop back story or quirky character traits, so you need to inspire interest quickly.<\/strong> That solid piece of writing advice \u2013 \u2018show don\u2019t tell\u2019 comes in to its own here. \u00a0One of the great ways that you can do this is to paint a picture of something usual in an unnatural setting, or alternatively do something unusual in a natural setting.<\/p>\n

Here are two examples that I\u2019ve very quickly put together.<\/p>\n

Mary stood at the bus stop; she was tired after her long day. It was a warm sunny evening but Mary didn\u2019t trust the sun and as usual regardless of the weather, she was wearing her full-length coat and warm woolly hat.<\/i><\/p>\n

Or<\/p>\n

The door swung open and every eye turned and looked at Roger. The bikers who had been arguing with each other were now on the same side and all stood up together. Roger\u2019s flip-flops slapped his feet as he walked to the bar, \u201cCan I have a bottle of light beer and some peanuts please?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

So there you have two scenarios that don\u2019t quite fit. I\u2019ve written them very quickly so they need some work, but the idea is that the reader is interested and intrigued enough to know why Mary doesn\u2019t trust the sun and how Roger would fare trying to buy a drink in a biker bar.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve said it before flash fiction is a great disciplinarian. It doesn\u2019t allow you to waste words and demands all the elements of a great story condensed in to a short one.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I regularly take part in the flash fiction challenges and competitions and next month I\u2019m going to bring you a whole host of options where you can do the same.<\/p>\n

But for today I\u2019d like to set you a challenge if you\u2019d like to take it up\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019d like you to tell me the first few sentences of a story \u2013 no more than 100 words, using your character to hook me to want more.<\/strong> Add it to the comments or write it on your blog and add a link to it in the comments. I\u2019ll pick my favorite and give it a mention next month.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Annmarie Miles is 40 something, Irish, Christian, married, and proud to be all of those things. She loves words, music & chocolate. She mostly writes about the things that life has thrown at her and how she has tried to learn, love and laugh at it all along the way!<\/p>\n

Where to find Annmarie:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email:\u00a0amowriting@gmail.com<\/a>
\nFacebook page:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/amowriting<\/a>\u00a0Google+\u00a0auntyamo<\/a>
\nTwitter:\u00a0@amowriting<\/a>
\nPersonal\u00a0Blog:\u00a0www.auntyamo.com<\/a>
\nFiction Blog:\u00a0www.ficticiousamo.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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