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Flash fiction is oneof the hottest literary trends of the 21st century. Online magazines crave it, mainstream publications such as Esquire, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair publish it, and many other markets and contests seek it.

Flash Writing is your guide to writing, revising and publishing stories fewer than 1,000 words long. Learn how to generate story ideas, create characters, develop conflict, and establish setting and point of view for flash fiction. Then discover how to research, format, and submit your work to flash fiction markets. Shorter is better, and Flash Writing helps you learn how to create entertaining, publishable flash fiction.

This book includes:

• Over 400 writing exercises to get you started
• Story examples to illustrate concepts
• Guidelines for coming up with topics for flash fiction

Table of Contents

Chapter 1--What is Flash Fiction?

Chapter 2--The Flash Fiction Writing Process

Chapter 3--Preparing to Write Flash Fiction

Chapter 4--Where to Get Ideas

Chapter 5--Flash Writing — The First Draft

Chapter 6--Preparing Your Ideas

Chapter 7--Character Guidelines

Chapter 8--Sources of Character

Chapter 9--Creating Characters for Flash Fiction

Chapter 10--Description

Chapter 11--Point of View and Setting

Chapter 12--Event and Conflict

Chapter 13--Style

Chapter 14--Writing the Second Draft

Chapter 15--Compressing the Narrative for Flash Fiction

Chapter 16--Revising Flash Fiction

Chapter 17--Marketing Flash Fiction

Chapter 18--Where to Go From Here

Appendix A--Story Examples

Appendix B--Suggested Reading

Appendix C--Online Resources

Appendix D--Contributor Notes