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Writing Flash
How to Craft and Publish Flash Fiction for a Booming Market
Fresno, California : Quill Driver Books, [2018]
Format: Book
Description: x, 151 pages ; 23 cm
"Writing Flash is a fast and informative guide to developing your writing skills and your career in one of fiction's most challenging genres. Flash fiction--the art of the ultra-short story--is a challenging skill-building exercise for any writer. Learning how to compress a story to its most essential elements will make your writing vigorous, evocative, and full of emotion. In Writing Flash, acclaimed writing teacher Fred D. White gives an in-depth introduction to a fascinating genre, complete with exercises to develop and strengthen your flash-writing techniques. Writing Flash presents a complete guide to the writing techniques and creative possibilities of writing flash fiction, plus tips on publishing and marketing your own flash fiction to build your writing career. White also shows how the writing techniques of flash fiction are an invaluable tool for any kind of writing, including writing novels and longer short fiction. Writing Flash won't just help you become a better flash fiction writer; this book will help you become a better writer, period."--Publisher's description.
Contents:
Foreword / Chris Tusa -- Part one: The foundations of flash (1. Introduction ; 2. Exploring the possibilities of flash fiction ; 3. Analyzing flash fiction)
Part two: The nuts and bolts of writing flash (4. Writing genre flash fiction ; 5. Writing literary flash fiction ; 6. Writing humorous or satirical flash fiction ; 7. Writing experimental flash fiction)
Part three: Marketing and publishing flash (8. Marketing and publishing your flash fiction ; 9. Preparing a volume of flash fiction ; 10. Concluding reflections and a self-interview) -- A flash fiction checklist.
Part two: The nuts and bolts of writing flash (4. Writing genre flash fiction ; 5. Writing literary flash fiction ; 6. Writing humorous or satirical flash fiction ; 7. Writing experimental flash fiction)
Part three: Marketing and publishing flash (8. Marketing and publishing your flash fiction ; 9. Preparing a volume of flash fiction ; 10. Concluding reflections and a self-interview) -- A flash fiction checklist.
ISBN:
9781610353175 (paperback)
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LITERATURE Writing Whi | St. Andrews Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.