It seems from Sittenfled's writing that she chose to use some of her ideas for longer works in a flash fiction format because she knew she wouldn't likely ever write them. Two of her ideas were those are had in mind for over 10 years (Sittenfled’s 2012). Rather than simply keeping those ideas locked up for decades, she chose to write them as short pieces for the One-Page Magazine.
While reading Sittenfled's pieces, I found myself thinking that I couldn’t write like that. On my second read through of some of the pieces, however, I came to the conclusion that such writing might be possible. Particularly, this came from Sittenfled's piece, “The Father” as I could see that it was truly a small piece of a larger story. In it, Fred discovers
While reading Sittenfled's pieces, I found myself thinking that I couldn’t write like that. On my second read through of some of the pieces, however, I came to the conclusion that such writing might be possible. Particularly, this came from Sittenfled's piece, “The Father” as I could see that it was truly a small piece of a larger story. In it, Fred discovers