Wednesday, March 23, 2011
On "Matt: How It Will Happen" by Amanda Nazario (562 words) ***
This is dream gone absurd. What makes it absurd but also amusing and interesting is its specificity--and its oddness. I'm reminded a bit of Miranda July's work. Here, a woman obsesses over her ex-boyfriend, but we're not going to see a retread of the romance here. And we're not going to see revenge. We're just going to see more obsession. More really weird obsession. Read it here at Smokelong.
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I am more and more impressed on how a story can be told in under a thousand words. Love how that ended.
Yes, some people are very good at making stories work in 250 words, 500 words, or 1,000 (which on the Web is seeming more and more like an epic). I still remain skeptical of nanofiction, however ("stories" in 140 characters). The great thing about stories like Nazario's is that you can read them on the go.
Hey, thanks so much for your nice words about this story. A friend tipped me off that you had analyzed it -- I'm honored! Best of luck with the site and everything else.
You're welcome. Thanks for putting your work out there for readers like me to see.
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