But tight, provocative fiction requires analysis and editing. Length and form obviously matter. The average micro fiction will be less than 400 words, with some exceptions that reach as much as 750 words. The form is strictly prose. If the novel writer is the carpenter who structures a whole house, and a short story writer is the decorator of one of its rooms, then the micro fiction writer is the mailman who looks into the box before dropping in the household's letters.
Readers discover something brief and intimate in a very short space.
This is the only point that stands alone for micro fiction. The following six points are made to declare the specific differences and similarities micro fiction has with short stories and poetry. Make sure it's from the right people. Anne's a very sharp editor and writer, so she's a great person to have critique my work. You're using so few.