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Why your short fiction feels like practice instead of art

I keep starting flash fiction pieces but they all feel like exercises, like I am practicing scales instead of making music

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Technical competence without emotional risk produces work that feels hollow to its creator.

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“Where Are You with Short fiction and the short form?”

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