Rent on Six Sentences
My latest flash fiction Rent can be read over on Six Sentences. I´ve been looking forward to this one for two reasons; firstly, I think it´s a very strong piece which conveys exactly what I wanted, and secondly, I think it shows the power of this compact structure.
Thought up by the owner and editor of the six sentences phenomena, Robert McEvily, the format is like a challenging little comfort blanket. Concise enough to be accessible at any time, yet tricky enough to get the creative wings moving. I´m excited to hear there´s a book coming out soon…I´ve even submitted a few gems of my own in the hope of seeing them in the pages of the first six sentences print publication.
I know that there´s many people who admire the format out there (such as Garry Franks from “beautyofrecordlabels” and “beautyof washing lines”) and then there´s those who would shun it with their literary snobbery (names not included). The literary world often finds it hard to move on. Personally I love a great big hotchpotch of innovation and tradition. It keeps life sweet.
“Rent” illustrates the 6 sentences format brilliantly-alive squirming metaphor, concise like the best haiki and Waterloo Sunset song but enabling a development of character like the best screenplay or Short Story.
Garry Franksxxx
“the beauty of washing lines
lies in not knowing what comes next
the salt, clack
of red, blue, yellow days….”