I’m happy to say that my piece of flash fiction, The Parking Lot , was well received. The instructor offered a few bits of constructive criticism for improving some of the sentences, but the story worked well. My first metaphor managed to set the stage for the plot, a metaphor about half way through increased the tension, and by the time the five-paragraph story was completed I had a strong resolution. When I sat down to write The Parking Lot , I had no idea what I wanted to

I can’t say I held strictly to the letter in this assignment. I predominantly used hearing, smell, taste and touch, but I slipped in a little bit of sight. But the exercise did remind me of what I constantly forget, and that is to incorporate as many senses as possible when writing. It really does make the description richer. Then there is the story itself. When I sat down to write this one page piece of flash fiction, I had no idea what I would write about. Normally I’m a p

What were the results of the assignment to describe a room in my house? Generally speaking, I did just fine. With a caveat, but I’ll get to that later. The assignment was very simple and making a mess of it would have been very difficult, but there were a few revealing factors that marked significant differences between the writers. Some of the writers couldn’t help themselves, and instead of ‘clinical’ descriptions, they leaned heavily towards literature. But the most impor