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Hint Fiction: Why Shorter Fiction Works by Robert Swartwood

Can 140 characters on Twitter really tell a whole story? Author Robert Swartwood defends very, very short fiction and says it can be as powerful as a 3,000-word story.

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There’s been a lot of talk going around the Internet lately about what very short fiction exactly is and how valuable it can be—especially stories so short they can be published on Twitter.

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