Literature (with a capital L) seems often measured in its difficulty. How complicated are the words, how complex the themes. As well as its inaccessibility. The fact that only few people actually read something is somehow meant to give it worth. To dissuade potential readers there are thousand upon thousand of words combined into an epic, concerned with questions of humanity.
The polar opposite of this seems to be twitter. 140 characters. That's all. Words have to be short. Sentences concise. If you want to tell a story you have to put a lot in very little space.
And this is exactly what Very Short Story does. The account tells narratives within one tweet. There are no reoccurring characters. No complicated plots. Still thousand of people are fascinated. At the simple (and sometimes complex) truth held within the stories. At the potential within the characters. At how little we as readers need to connect to a story.
I personally, do not believe in a differences between high art and pop culture, between Literature and dime novels. And some of the best stories I have read so far have come in the form of tweets. Very Short Story does frequently use horror or gothic elements in its stories making them murderous and mysterious. If you are interested in those as well as basic story elements such as love and death, this twitter account might be worth to follow. Not having enough time to read shouldn't be an excuse this time.
The polar opposite of this seems to be twitter. 140 characters. That's all. Words have to be short. Sentences concise. If you want to tell a story you have to put a lot in very little space.
And this is exactly what Very Short Story does. The account tells narratives within one tweet. There are no reoccurring characters. No complicated plots. Still thousand of people are fascinated. At the simple (and sometimes complex) truth held within the stories. At the potential within the characters. At how little we as readers need to connect to a story.
I personally, do not believe in a differences between high art and pop culture, between Literature and dime novels. And some of the best stories I have read so far have come in the form of tweets. Very Short Story does frequently use horror or gothic elements in its stories making them murderous and mysterious. If you are interested in those as well as basic story elements such as love and death, this twitter account might be worth to follow. Not having enough time to read shouldn't be an excuse this time.
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