This week I compared my story and writing style to two great science fiction writers; Philip K. Dick and Isaac Asimov. My writing naturally has an Asimov-like feel to it, which is more a simplistic way of telling a story. It also suits the short story environment well, as you have to pack in a lot of info into a short time period; well you do with science fiction anyway.
I like to spend sometime delving into characters, but I also believe in keeping the story and descriptions of surroundings etc to a bare minimum, I feel over-explanation can detract from the story. Considering this is a short story with minimal time for character development, the simpler path seems to be the right one.
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