Three blogs are too many blogs. Plus there is the constant pressure of coming up with content for all three of them that is specific to the niche that I’ve established for each of them. Grist for the Muse – Writing ideas and inspiration; The 15-Minute Writer – Finding time to write and time management […]
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Flash Fiction Writing Articles There is a lot of good information about writing flash fiction out there. Here are just a few of the good articles I’ve stumbled across over the years. Check them out! What is Flash Fiction – wiseGEEK.com What is Flash Fiction? From Cheek Teeth by Katey Schultz 10 Flash Fiction Writing
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This is a link to a podcast that featured me being interviewed about how to write flash fiction. This was originally aired on The Writing Show back in March of 2010. So, if you need a little something to listen to on your MP3 player, or want a preview on what my book, Flash Writing:
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Flash Fiction can trace its legacy back thousands of years. Why not tap into some of these traditions and create stories from them? Mythology Perhaps the oldest form of flash fiction is the myth. All cultures have some sort of myths that attempted to explain the world around them and the origins of things within
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Sorry that Part 2 is so late. It has been a difficult week. I might even post about it, but who knows… Listen to your subconscious mind Your subconscious mind is very powerful. Relax and write the raw words that form in your head as fast as you can. Within the subconscious mind are stored
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The Flash Writing Technique is something I’ve used over the years to help new writers to relax and trust their muse, and help seasoned writers stop over thinking and get out of their own way. It is a combination of rules and suggestions from other authors, most notably Natalie Goldberg, the author of one of
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Read a lot of it before you write When you read a lot of fiction in the flash fiction form, you naturally absorb the form and write in it. Reading flash fiction is the best way to get a feel for the form. Read between 25 and 50 flash fiction stories, and select the five
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Flash fiction contains most of the following elements in every single story: Brevity — Flash fiction tells a complete story in 1,000 words or less. Sometimes a lot less words. Many markets want stories that are 750, 500, or 100 words long. Some contests, such the annual 55 Fiction contest, require even fewer words. With
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Flash fiction is good for writers. Many best-selling authors such as David Foster Wallace, Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood, and John Updike have, in recent years, produced fiction in this format. But writers have always embraced the short-short story form. Writers such as Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, and Anton Chekhov have all written flash fiction.
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Flash fiction is exactly what it sounds like — fiction that can be read in a flash. It has been here for centuries under a variety of aliases: myths, fables, parables, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, tall tales, and legends. It also appears in the modern age under names such as: ghost stories, urban legends, gossip
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Flash fiction tips | Write On Edge. A great article explaining some of the basic decisions that you have to make as a flash fiction writer in order to make it easier to create a story within the word limit.
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