Terri Favro - Flash Nonfiction Funny survey responses
Fiction or Nonfiction? Fiction, because my imaginary friends can do all the heavy lifting while I enjoy a wet dirty martini and do my nails. The E-Z approach to writing! Is it harder to write funny or sad? Sad is ‘way harder for me. When I try writing sad, it comes out funny. Which is disconcerting when you read something aloud that you think is heartbreaking and everyone laughs. But I’ve decided to accept it. Go ahead, laugh at my pain. Long form or short form? Long, because
Ben East - Flash Nonfiction Funny survey responses
Fiction or Nonfiction? Fiction. I’m not precious, but I do need latitude. Is it harder to write funny or sad? I work for government. It’s impossible to be funny, and easy to be sad. Long form or short form? Know your audience. Poetry or prose? Flash Nonfiction Funny includes about a dozen lists. Are lists poetry or prose? And where do you stand on the word ‘listicle?’ Boxers or kickboxers? Yes. To punch and kick people who say ‘listicle.’ Piece that you read and said Wish I’d
Juliana Gray - Flash Nonfiction Funny survey responses
Fiction or Nonfiction? My piece is the result of a decade-long immersive anthropological study. I am the Dian Fossey of Yankeeland. Is it harder to write funny or sad? I'm a poet, so sad is pretty much my bailiwick. Funny is much, much tougher. Long form or short form? Short. How do novelists do it? All that typing. Poetry or prose? Ah yes, the two genders. Boxers or kickboxers? In the poetry vs. prose grudge match, I'll take the kickboxers. Piece that you read and said Wi
Eufemia Fantetti - Flash Nonfiction Funny survey responses
Fiction or Nonfiction? This is like asking me to choose between Strawberry Shortcake and Tuxedo Cake. I won't, and you can't make make me. Is it harder to write funny or sad? Neither. Much harder to write schadenfreude and spell it correctly. Long form or short form? For epic poems, I recommend sticking to lengthy. In haiku, go for short. Poetry or prose? I'll answer with a question of my own: Chocolate fountain or cheese fondue? Boxers or kickboxers? Ice dancers for the win
Andrew Hudgins - Flash Nonfiction Funny survey responses
Fiction or Nonfiction? Yes, please. Is it harder to write funny or sad? Beats me, and both do beat me hard and often. Long form or short form? Yes, please! Poetry or prose? Yes, please, and second helpings of both. Boxers or kickboxers? Neither, thank you very much. Piece that you read and said Wish I’d thought of that? Ian Frazier’s “The Lamentations of the Father.” Cloned or frozen? Hand scooped, not soft serve unless soft serve is all you got. Book you read and reread? Sir
Allison K Williams - Flash Nonfiction Funny survey responses
Fiction or Nonfiction? Usually nonfiction, but I’m writing a YA novel right now, a modern Oliver Twist set in New York. Is it harder to write funny or sad? Funny. Sad is just telling the story, truthfully, in the best words you can make. Funny also needs technique, rhythm, timing and an actually good story. You can paper over meh source material with beautiful tragic prose, but there’s no faking funny. Long form or short form? Short on words but burning forever in your brain.
Beth Levine - Flash Nonfiction Funny survey responses
Fiction or Nonfiction? Nonfiction Is it harder to write funny or sad? Sad. it always comes out whiney. Long form or short form? Short Poetry or prose? Prose, Dear goddess, prose. I have never understood poetry. Especially modern poetry. What makes it a poem and not just a sentence broken up randomly? Boxers or kickboxers? Boxers. But the dog breed, not the underwear. Piece that you read and said Wish I’d thought of that? Anything by David Sedaris. Cloned or frozen? Cremated,
Diane Payne - Flash Nonfiction Funny survey responses
Fiction or Nonfiction? Something may start as nonfiction, then turn into fiction—or vice versa. Is it harder to write funny or sad? It’s harder to write sad and way more enjoyable to publish funny. Poetry or prose? Oddly enough, sometimes people say I really liked your poem, and to me, that most certainly wasn’t a poem. When writing is going well… I feel energized and start thinking about making huge life changes. Read more in Flash Nonfiction Funny! Bio: Diane Payne’s most r
Chris Offutt - Flash Nonfiction Funny survey responses
Fiction or Nonfiction? --With nonfiction you can't make things up and you already know the story. Is it harder to write funny or sad? --Much harder to write funny. If the humor doesn't work on the page, it's terrible. If something isn't sufficiently sad, all you have to do is refer to a dead pet. Long form or short form? --Short suits me better for humor. But I love a serious novel. Poetry or prose? --Poetry? Isn't that prose with line breaks, incomplete sentences, and a lo
Jenny Klion - Flash Nonfiction Funny survey responses
Fiction or Nonfiction? My life has unfolded in near fictional ways, so I'd say: nonfiction. Is it harder to write funny or sad? What's funny is that when I write funny, it's sad. And vice versa. Long form or short form? Short form, because that's how much attention span I have. Also, I am very short. Poetry or prose? I'd like to say poetry, but I'm a prose person. Poets are far cooler, though. Boxers or kickboxers? For me, or my guy? Piece that you read and said Wish I’d thou