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1000 words is pretty short. Why 1000 words?
Some people would call a story under 1000 words flash-fiction, a short-short or a micro-fiction; all terms for fiction of extreme brevity. You can read more about what flash fiction is here, and decide for yourself where we fit in.
However you define it, we chose 1000 words because it offers a real challenge. You can write right up to the word limit, or be brief and follow Hemingway's example; he famously wrote a story in just six words "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
Where can I read some short short stories, and find out more about them?
SHORT STORIES
- STORY, the campaign to celebrate the short story. They believe that the short story is one of the most exciting and important literary forms, that can and should reach the widest possible readership. You can download short-stories for free, and read opinions on the short story.
FLASH FICTION:
- Awww! An Essay on Flash by Randall Brown
- Flashes on the Meridian by Pam Casto
- Flash Fiction Flash Newsletter by Pam Casto
- Flash What? A Quick Look at Flash Fiction by Jason Gurley
- Flash Fiction: A Thumbnail History by Tom Hazuka
- What is Flash Fiction? An Essay by Kathy Kachelries and Steve Smith
- Flash Fiction by Miriam N. Kotzin
- The Essentials of Micro-Fiction by Camille Renshaw
- "Short-Short Sighted" article series by Bruce Holland Rogers
- Tiny Revelation: an essay on flash fiction by Sam Ruddick
- Writing Flash Fiction by G.W. Thomas
1 comments:
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