Popcorn Fiction
Back when I released The Variant, I mentioned that it was originally written to be part of an oft-delayed anthology of screenwriters-writing-fiction.
On Friday, that anthology emerged as Popcorn Fiction, with its first story penned by the estimable Scott Frank. Featuring murder, sex and trapeze artists, “The Flying Kreisslers” is a great read.
Popcorn Fiction should have a new story up every two-to-four weeks. I’ll be writing one of the future installments, a tale much shorter than The Variant.
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July 27th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Sex and trapeze artists?
I hear trapeze artists swing both ways.
July 27th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Well, that was depressing, which I find is strangely fitting for something written with so sweet a cadence. How much do you wanna bet Scott was listening to “Clowny Clown Clown” by Crispin Glover when this idea struck him? How much you wanna bet?
July 27th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Talk about oft delayed…what’s going on with that screenwriting documentary? The title escapes me… Pass?
July 28th, 2009 at 1:36 am
Hi Mr. August,
I am curious about something. Does the length of a short story have any impact on the decision to have it published or not?
I’ve written some stuff, short stories, some were taken under real and serious consideration for publication (some even got published), while some of the other stories I’ve written were not even considered (without even being read) simply because they were deemed too short. The difference between the longest story of mine that got refused due to a lack of length and the shortest story of mine that got published was 1-2 pages maximum. And there never was a question of “them” looking for something with a fixed length, it wasn’t the same situation that applies to a script.
Just curious about this as sometimes the decision seemed to be entirely arbitrary and I couldn’t get a more detailed reply other than “it is too short”.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
4 Franz Kafka has short stories with a just few paragraphs.