Flash Fiction Workshop Resource Page

flash fiction class title slideThanks for attending Using Flash to Improve Your Writing. Below you will find live links from the class handouts, plus a bunch of bonus articles.  If you have any other questions, please feel free to drop me an email.

PLENTY OF RESOURCES

One of the amazing things about the indie community is the willingness to share knowledge and information. So here are some articles you may find helpful in honing your writing skills.

Lynne Cantwell’s Five Flash Fiction Elements

Beautiful verbs/expressive verbs

Nasty little filter words

Flash Fiction: A Literary Addiction

Five Reasons to be a Flash Fiction Junkie

Writing Flash Fiction

Articles on Self-Editing

Fabulous article on “Showing not Telling” by Krista Tibbs

Paint a picture with fewer words

More on show and tell

More reasons to write flash fiction

10 excellent flash fiction writing tips

13 flash fiction tips

Using the Microsoft Word Speak utility

Articles on Filter Words:

Words and phrases to avoid in writing 

Words that weaken your fiction

Articles on Strong Verbs:

Verbs to write by

Action verb list

Powerful verbs

Action words in general

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Facebook Groups for Writers

General writerly stuff: BookGoodies
Writer questions and support: Indies Unlimited Fan Group

Flash Fiction “contests” recommended by an addict:

Siobhan Muir hosts a weekly 250-word limit flash fiction competition each Thursday on her blog, called the Thursday Threads Challenge.

The Write Services host a similar competition every Sunday, called the ATA Flash Fiction Challenge, again usually with a 250-word limit.

Indies Unlimited also host a weekly photo prompt every Saturday, again with a 250 word limit.

And Dan Mader has a weekly free-write – called ‘2 Minutes. Go!’ – with no word limit which he hosts on his Unemployed Imagination blog on Thursday and Friday each week. There are no winners there, but there are lots of other keen writers who’ll offer constructive and kind comments on all posts made there.

Key slides from the class not included in the information above (click on an image to enlarge it):

Get inspired to write flash fiction
Just write don't edit!

 


4 self assessment for writing