Short Stories

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Short stories don't attract me like novels do. I can admire them. I can appreciate the crafting of a good one. But I don't seek them out. I can't get immersed in a short story like I can a novel. I just don't enjoy them as much.

Recently, however, I've been forced to read more of them while doing research and assignments for my course on publishing and also my other literature class. Obviously, like most MFAs, my program focuses on studying literary fiction, but they are nice enough to let me write whatever I want. Normally I don't get many ideas for short stories. I have a ton of ideas for fantasy novels, a series of contemporary romance novels, and even an idea for a literary novel, but short stories have never come to me as easily.

But now, at the end of the semester when I have a TON of work to do and a novel to finish and revise, I'm coming up with ideas for new stories or ways to revise my other short stories to make them better (which is even worse because the urge to work on those is stronger).

I know what you're thinking. Why should I complain? lol.

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GOAL: I have to bring in a short work of fiction next week for one of my classes. I will either write something new or significantly revise something.