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    In Her Own Words: A Collection of Short Stories and Flashku
    In Her Own Words: A Collection of Short Stories and Flashku
    In Her Own Words: A Collection of Short Stories and Flashku
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    In Her Own Words: A Collection of Short Stories and Flashku

    By Cendrine Marrouat

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    A collection of contemporary and emotionally gripping stories told from the point of view of women at different stages in their lives. In Her Own Words will move you deeply whatever walks of life you come from.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCendrine Marrouat
    Release dateMar 15, 2022
    ISBN9798201241919
    In Her Own Words: A Collection of Short Stories and Flashku
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    Cendrine Marrouat

    Cendrine Marrouat is a French-born Canadian photographer, poet, and author. She is also the co-founder or FPoint Collective, a photography collective; and Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal, a magazine that promotes uplifting and positive poetry, no matter the topic. Cendrine has also created the Sixku (poetry form) and the Reminigram (type of digital photography). Finally she works as the Head of Marketing and Communications at Connexion Franco Coop.

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      In Her Own Words - Cendrine Marrouat

      Introduction

      The year 2007 marked my first attempt at doing something different from poetry. I wrote a play, titled In the Silence of Words.

      The completion of that project made me realize that I wanted to be more than just a poet. I wanted to write fiction, especially short stories. So, I set out to do exactly that.

      My initial excitement slowly gave way to frustration, though. As a perfectionist who reads a lot of classics, I noticed a major shortcoming in my style. Unlike my favorite authors, I had an uncanny inability to write descriptions. That inability bothered me to the point of stifling my creativity.

      I returned to poetry a little disappointed but also hopeful. I knew from experience that I might have looked at things the wrong way. It would take me 14 years to finally realize what that wrong way was.

      After the release of After the Fires of Day: Haiku Inspired by Kahlil Gibran & Alphonse de Lamartine in 2021, I started thinking about short stories again. My rich experience with photography and content creation had broadened my horizons, leading to a noticeable change in my writing style. Also, my work as an anthology editor had put me in contact with a variety of excellent writers, some of whom specialized in flash fiction. The genre was intriguing and seemed to fit my style better than short stories.

      While writing my first piece of flash fiction, I realized that I followed the same pattern as for my play. Dialogues and the unsaid actually outshone descriptions, rendering them almost pointless. 

      I had a eureka moment! The haiku is my favorite form of poetry. In a haiku, the message is driven by conciseness and simplicity. Every word counts. This is exactly how I write!

      To cement this discovery, I created my own literary form: the Flashku. Containing between 50 and 100 words, the Flashku is a short piece of flash fiction that draws inspiration from an image and borrows seven words from another piece. What makes it unique is the mandatory positive / inspirational twist or resolution at the end.

      I like to call the Flashku ‘poetic flash fiction’, because the limited number of words forces you to think like a haikuist. It is all about showing, and not telling. Descriptions have pretty much no breathing space. 

      Below is an example of flashku. The Puddle was inspired by Kahlil Gibran’s The Wanderer. The photo is mine—like all the other images in this collection.

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      When they greeted each other, she asked herself if it was love.

      Suddenly, the reflection in the puddle was disturbed. Pitter-patter, said the rain. They smiled.

      "The garden is not far. Just at

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