NUNUMBlending Flash Fiction & ArtInterview with Julie Jones
So many answers to this question. Here are three. One, it's fun, and I believe writing should be fun. Two, it's a terrific exercise to cut a story down to the bones then tug at the tendons. Three, some stories are best told small, though I don’t always realize that until I’ve tortured the 20-page version for a few years.
I love science and am often inspired by this astounding planet we live on. When I learn something new that startles me, my next thought is often, what if…? Then I have the beginning of a story. The news is also full of absurdity, which can be an excellent source for satire. Then there’s mythology. Fantastic fodder. What was the best advice that you ever received as a writer? Hands down, the best advice I ever got was not to write what I know or write what I love, but to write from who I truly am. I am weird. I was trying to write normal literary fiction with normal human characters. It was awful. Once I got permission to be me, to be weird, my writing began to improve. NUNUMBlending Flash Fiction & Art
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