Drab? Unexciting? "Shallow"? My short fiction was. As so much of it is! Why?
The questions of art are big, but the answers are small. Story writers, try these (my original discoveries):
1. Give three traits to every character, including the walk-ons.
2. Take your main characters to three distinctly different settings.
3. Have no more than three main characters.
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Sanity Bubble 2008
Catherine Rankovic
Writer, with 30+ years' writing and publishing experience, 20+ years' teaching experience. Last book read: Mrs. Lincoln by Catherine Clinton.
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