Compression: HC Hsu
“you cannot tell a story with a short short story the same way you do with a novel or even a short story you have to tell it primarily through mood intimations some carefully chosen details at the same time you have to know exactly the point you are trying to make in a short short what you do not write down is more important than what you do often in a page or less it must have a precise planned out structure without being overexposed being revealed and at the same time being overhauled only at the end as if looking back the whole picture suddenly becomes clear and it may not be what you thought it might be in this way shorts force the writer to reveal the barest essentials of his work and are a true gauge of him as how he thinks comes to the fore becoming more important than how he writes here the writer can no longer hide behind his revisions writing language” — HC Hsu
