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Flash Fiction
My main writing work is in the field of flash fiction where the longest any story can be is 1000 words. You can pack a lot of characterisation and drama into that limit.
As well as having individual pieces published online and in print anthologies, I have two collections of flash fiction books out with a third in the pipeline.
The advantage of flash fiction is you get a short sharp read and it can have a huge impact on you because it is so short. It is undiluted fiction, if you like.
Probably the best known of all flash fiction stories is Ernest Hemingway’s famous For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
There is a world world behind those few words. Very much punch to the gut storytelling there.
I make a point of reading flash fiction and short story collections in between reading loner works. I want to read from as wide a field as possible and I will always put in a huge plug for the shorter forms of fiction, just as I am doing here!
It isn’t just because I’m published in these forms, honest. Do check out the collections. There are so many fabulous stories to find out there and word count shouldn’t come into your reading choices, I think.
I also think reading long and short forms of writing makes for an interesting reading “diet” for you. I know I love mine!
As well as having individual pieces published online and in print anthologies, I have two collections of flash fiction books out with a third in the pipeline.
The advantage of flash fiction is you get a short sharp read and it can have a huge impact on you because it is so short. It is undiluted fiction, if you like.
Probably the best known of all flash fiction stories is Ernest Hemingway’s famous For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
There is a world world behind those few words. Very much punch to the gut storytelling there.
I make a point of reading flash fiction and short story collections in between reading loner works. I want to read from as wide a field as possible and I will always put in a huge plug for the shorter forms of fiction, just as I am doing here!
It isn’t just because I’m published in these forms, honest. Do check out the collections. There are so many fabulous stories to find out there and word count shouldn’t come into your reading choices, I think.
I also think reading long and short forms of writing makes for an interesting reading “diet” for you. I know I love mine!
