On Courage and “Undoing the Self”

Learning to lose the fear of being deeply seen is not for faint-of heart

“The secret of good writing is telling the truth.” -Gordon Lish

It is hard (and sometimes impossible) to write from a place of fearless honesty, and yet this is precisely what makes our fiction memorable. After reading countless tiny stories for Best Microfiction over the last 6 years and judging many literary contests, the one thing I can say for certain is that winning stories share this one distinct quality.