Flash fiction is a name for short stories that are kept within a specific word or character limit, usually up to 1,500 words. 1 . It’s about finding clever ways to keep as much detail as possible about the plot, characters and setting but in the fewest words possible. Use these fou...
1.It's about finding clever ways to give as much detail as possible about the plot, characters and the setting in the fewest words possible. Use these four top tips to help you write your own fascinating flash fiction.2.When planning a flash fiction story you first need to decide what a...
A flash fiction story—sometimes called a short short or nanofiction—is one that has a complete plot in under 1,500 words. Some flash fiction pieces consist of as few as five or six words. But no matter how short, flash fiction stories still contain the main elements of a plot. There...
Each story has a maximum of 300 words and is based on a daily prompt, which I've included in the introduction for each story. If you like writing, see what you can come up with, using the same prompts! Or visit Daily Flash Fiction Challenge for more prompts and contest entries. Magic...
Flash fiction is one of the most fascinating creative mediums in this day and age: incredibly difficult, but also incredibly rewarding. After all, flash fiction requires writers to effectively cramming a whole narrative into 1,500 words or less. But when writers rise to this challenge, the res...
If you are thinking 500 words is a lot of difference (hell, you can fit another flash in that range), the fact remains that while 1000 words seems like an ideal cutoff, there are contests online that keep it at 1500 words and still call it flash fiction; having said that you might ...
His words on the wallsAlthough it may only beThe wood panellingThat’s stopping her.Her eyes are cloudedWith ageNot rageHer food must be softenedWhirred.She wears my old training bras.There is something weird about that.No past referred toIt’s like she doesn’t have one.But I know ...
Spillwords.com presents: My Field of Gold, flash fiction by Rae S. Earley, a pivoting writer with a past in filmmaking and a future ...
fiction, but it is usually fewer than 1,000 words long. Also, trends change based on what type of flash fiction is being used. In general, microfiction and nanofiction tend to be particularly brief. Short short stories are a little longer, and sudden fiction is the longest of the short...
How hard was it to whittle your version of ‘Rattle’ down to 350 words? Did you find the experience frustrating or liberating? My first attempts at flash fiction some years ago were dismal failures. I hadn’t expected it to be so difficult. It was also very sobering to realise that ...