Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-10319977-20151014231140/@comment-2240864-20151015001829

The main problem I have with such short stories is the lack of information. Sure, you can tell a story in only a handful of words, but you lose the rich experience of an actual story by dropping out all the information or any knowledge of what happens over the setup.

Take, for example, Exam. This story tells everything you need to know about it in three sentences. It starts and ends the story.

I Slit My Own Throat Once, on the other hand, is legitimately coming off as the start to a story rather than all the information you need to glean what is going on.

A Buffering Movie needs some work in the sentences to better setup the payoff the ending provides.

Grave Robbers is generic. See: http://i.imgur.com/5RY7plv.jpg

Best Friend's Suicide is generic too.

A Wall Is Broken tells a story, but not an interesting one. The most interesting possible thing about that would be the why and the how of the black hole. You're not focusing on the most interesting parts of some of these.