The Collected Works of Billy theKid was something that I have never read before. The first thing that I noticedabout the writing was that the word “dark” or “darkness” was placed in almostevery paragraph (if not sentence) throughout the writing. Also, the writerreferred to Sallie throughout the text of being “ghost like”. She was alwaysdescribed wearing a white dress and made comments about the way in which sheappeared in the room or how she walked around somewhat like a ghost. “Sallieapproaching from the far end of the room like some ghost I didn’t know who itwas (5)”. Also, I noticed that the author put a lot of usage of colors in hiswriting. The color yellow and brown especially were described throughout thestory. Because of the fact that I found myself looking at all of the above, Ihad a hard time actually understanding/reading the story. I read it again, thistime ignoring the colors and the comparisons of Sallie and really enjoyed itthe second time around. I enjoyed all of the details that the author included,but at the same time I felt like it distracted me from really comprehending thestory.
Micro Fiction is one of the neatestwritings that I have ever come across. I could not believe how much of a storythese writers were able to tell in such a short amount of words. The first oneby Roberto Fernandez had me laughing. I loved how the one who was supposed tobe the translator was the one that actually mixed up the translation. When thedoctor asked if the other woman had her TB shot and she turned to the lady andasked how her TV was, I started cracking up. I was amazed that this writercould write such a fun story in just about two paragraphs. The other I thoroughlyenjoyed was the last one which was written by Peggy McNally. After reading thestory twice, I actually discovered that the whole thing was written in just onesentence! I was like whoa, wait….one sentence? So I reread it for the thirdtime only to amaze myself yet again. I can’t say how many times my teacherswould be like “That’s too long! You can’t write a sentence that long!” Well I wonderwhat they would have said to Peggy. To me, its genius, but I wonder what myteachers from high school would have said to her.
Micro Fiction is one of the neatestwritings that I have ever come across. I could not believe how much of a storythese writers were able to tell in such a short amount of words. The first oneby Roberto Fernandez had me laughing. I loved how the one who was supposed tobe the translator was the one that actually mixed up the translation. When thedoctor asked if the other woman had her TB shot and she turned to the lady andasked how her TV was, I started cracking up. I was amazed that this writercould write such a fun story in just about two paragraphs. The other I thoroughlyenjoyed was the last one which was written by Peggy McNally. After reading thestory twice, I actually discovered that the whole thing was written in just onesentence! I was like whoa, wait….one sentence? So I reread it for the thirdtime only to amaze myself yet again. I can’t say how many times my teacherswould be like “That’s too long! You can’t write a sentence that long!” Well I wonderwhat they would have said to Peggy. To me, its genius, but I wonder what myteachers from high school would have said to her.