As a writer I find that I can become uninterested with the same short story told in the same manner with a similar voice, so knowing how to sculpt and mold the story into a form that is unique and biting can be challenging.
With this in mind, there are a few things I want to say about short stories that deliver:
Good stories travel because people remember them to tell their friends, associates and anyone they care to share them; therefore, leave an invaluable impression that is striking for the reader, so they will return to your work, to hear that voice that made them think.
As a writer give a promise that’s worth your reader’s time and deliver it.
How story telling without dialogue plays a pivotal role in the story; how silence can move the story further without words that yes, can get in the way sometimes. Think of those silent moments in your life. It was what wasn’t said that was powerful.
While on my quest to improve upon my story telling abilities, I find my struggles to be my pot of gold, my pot of gold to be what makes me human, and makes us more similar than not; what it is in the end that holds us together, words linked to form something we want, need and desire, we want to hear that story, our story, told to us again and again in rich texture of emotional depth.
Here are some of my short story recommendations:
The Gilded Six Bits by Zora Neale Hurston
Roman Fever by Edith Wharton
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel García Márquez