Monday Guest @ FlashFiction.Net: Jess Bouchard Finds Inspiration at PostSecrets
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Though this may not be flash fiction, I see threads of stories. I feel the urgency and the raw tone. Some do tell stories in a precise handful of words. Each word is utilized to hold its own weight. Nothing fluffy.
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This project is definitely inspiring, and relevant to flash writers. When I read PostSecrets, I ask similar questions as I do when I read a flash story. What’s the conflict? What’s the overall arc? Is everything resolved? How did the character change? Why this moment?
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A few secrets from November 1, 2009:
“I am a dad through a text.”
I read my husband’s emails. Sometimes I send replies.”
“When my friend was depressed I saved her from suicide, we started dating a few months later. She recently left me, the worst part is having no one to save me. Now that I feel the same way.”
About the Author
Jess Bouchard, originally from upstate New York, is an alumni of Concordia University in Portland, OR, and is currently in her MFA program at Rosemont College. She mainly writes poetry but is recently very involved in flash fiction and prose. Currently, she’s working on a book of poetry in her attic bedroom.
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