Many times, the good work of a writer does not need large extensions to show off. Yes, in fact we are talking about the micro-story, a genre that together with others like the haiku, constitutes the shortest form of The Narrative, capable of covering the space of a tweet o a fleeting thought. In this post not only we bring you 3 short stories for agile readers but, in addition, we challenge you to make your own from a specific concept.
The depth of the brief
The Dinosaur, one of the most famous short stories in the history of literature.
The micro-story, also known as a micro-story, is one of the oldest literary expressions in the world, finding examples such as the Japanese haikus, the set of Indian fables known as the Panchatrantra or even European fables.
Despite its brevity, the micro-story can encompass in itself a story of its own subject to a thousand subjective nuances or a moral summarized in a few words, as shown by these 3 micro-stories that we bring you below:
When he woke up, the dinosaur was still there.
This short story by the Guatemalan writer Augusto Monterroso written in 1959 is possibly the shortest and most popular short story in XNUMXth century Hispanic American literature. A short writing that summarizes an idea whose essence many are still searching for.
Another example of a notorious micro-story could be that of The camel, by Eduardo Berti:
The camel had already passed half its body through the eye of a needle when it told a lie, its two humps grew a bit more and it was trapped there forever.
Finally, we turn to always cash Jorge Luis Borges to rescue one of his best examples of short literature, entitled The fortune teller:
In Sumatra, someone wants to become a fortune teller. The examining witch asks him if he will be failed or if he will pass. The candidate responds that he will be failed ...
These micro-stories hide great lessons, settings and even characters, confirming the wonder of a brevity that seems to be established in a society as fast as it is in the XNUMXst century. In fact, the tweet has become the best ally of this new way of telling stories.
After these 3 short stories for agile readers I am going to propose a concept so that you can write your own. It is not necessary to spend nights without sleep to complete it, or try to compete, simply write what comes to mind, include a story and, in this way, we can share different ways of conceiving a narrative in whose brevity lies its greatest power.
There goes the concept: Globalization.
We still have all of Sunday ahead of us.
Hugs and we hope to read your micro stories throughout these days.