The Techniques Of Writing A Flash Fiction. Go On And Try Writing!
Oct 11, 2010 in We Think
To start with, let’s try to find out what is flash fiction? Predominantly, this is a short story something between 500 and 1000 words. Some people assume that flash fiction is similar to writing poetry. It should be noted that while writing a flash fiction an author should count words. That’s because it’s necessary only use the words necessary to tell the tale.
We are going to give you several suggestions on how to write this kind of fiction.
Actually, the main thing about writing a flash fiction is that you have to accomplish a lot of things right away and you should do this using minimum number of words. It’s important not to forget none of this points: introduce the main character, set the stage and prepare the reader for the story.
When you start planning on how your story is going to look like, first of all, you have to state the main topic of your flash fiction story. Try to draw the picture of what you are going to write about. For sure it’s important to have a clear theme in your mind while you are writing. I’m not talking about the plot of your story, but the message you want the reader to revile in your book.
It’s important to understand that good flash fiction stories often shows us one event or time period in a character’s life. In fact, you don’t have to tell the whole life story of a character. As a whole in short stories you have to depict only one moment of your character’s life and also the consequences it has lead to.
The next thing you should do is to use the minimum characters in your flash fiction. The reason is that every new character adds a new dimension to your tale. And any new dimension will require words to introduce, tell the story and deal with conflict. Try to restrict the number of characters only to those who are really involved in main actions of the story.
Like good non-fiction books like Decision Points George Bush and Jon Stewart presents Earth, you need to try involving the emotional sphere of a reader in your flash fiction story. This may help you to move your plot forward. In fact, often emotions are the hook that can help you to keep the reader involved in what is happening in your story. Additionally, the wide range of emotions will definitely make your story brighter and more remarkable.
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