Mickey Z

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Monday, April 18, 2005

"got it all wrong"

Posted by Mickey Z on 04/18 at 08:59 PM

  1. Very disturbing Mickey. The sad fantasies and sorry conditions contrasted with Frank’s one flash of real insight, “got it all wrong”, make it painful. It’s even more painful when he tries to be nice to the little girl. All that fumbling at trying to be human.

    I don’t think you could have written it if you didn’t care deeply.

    Posted by Harry  on  from 04/19  at  05:19 AM

  2. Thanks, Harry...I’ve been working a lot more on my fiction these days so your feedback is most welcome.

    Posted by Mickey Z.  on  from Astoria 04/19  at  06:49 AM

  3. Mickey,

    “Got it all wrong” is excellent. “Always leave them wanting more”, someone once told me, and it has proven to be one of the few useful tips I’ve ever received about the creation process. I always loved those early Ramones shows. 20 minutes, no encore, and gone. Great. Your story is like that. Short, concise, perfectly plotted. Characters made real entirely through dialogue. Minimal without becoming pretentious minimalism.

    A Cappella Books is up and running in our new Moreland Avenue location. Anyone who happens to be in Atlanta, Little Five Points neighborhood please come visit.

    Posted by Glen Thrasher  on  from Atlanta, GA 04/19  at  07:14 AM

  4. I’m a long time “less is more” kind of guy.

    Posted by Mickey Z.  on  from Astoria 04/19  at  12:28 PM

  5. MZ MZ, a light touch, deft and deliberate. pleasure to read.

    Posted by declan  on  from dublin 04/19  at  06:51 PM

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