For me, there’s a simple test of a short story. Like a lot of people, I am busy, life is hectic and people make demands on my time. I have just read the opening paragraph of this story, do I really want to make time to read on? Is life too short?
Two stories came into the monthly Global Short Story Competition overnight that made me read on. One had an opening line that asked so many questions, hinted at so much intrigue, that I had to keep reading, the other painted such a picture of a place that I was immediately transported there. And if the reader is grabbed, you’re half way there to a successful story.
There’s three days left to enter the July competition at www.inscribemedia.co.uk
John Dean
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