flash fiction Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/tag/flash-fiction/ Sat, 10 Mar 2018 09:45:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Writing Tiny: A Look Into Flash Fiction https://booksbywomen.org/writing-tiny-a-look-into-flash-fiction-by-kellie-doherty/ https://booksbywomen.org/writing-tiny-a-look-into-flash-fiction-by-kellie-doherty/#respond Mon, 02 Apr 2018 08:34:21 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=22231 Plot, characterization, structure, hook. These are buzzwords for writers everywhere, words we live and breath, ideas we sacrifice hours of our lives toward (and maybe even a few tears) just so we can craft the perfect story. We agonize over each paragraph and chapter, and we probably use hundreds of pages while doing so. When […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/writing-tiny-a-look-into-flash-fiction-by-kellie-doherty/feed/ 0 22231 The Huge, Unwieldy Beast versus Flash Fiction https://booksbywomen.org/the-huge-unwieldy-beast-versus-flash-fiction/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-huge-unwieldy-beast-versus-flash-fiction/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2016 12:29:15 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14715 When I was half-way through my novel Our Endless Numbered Days, without any knowledge that it would be published, I read Jean Hegland’s novel, Into the Forest. I loved it, and for the first time ever I wrote to an author to tell her how I felt about her book, and that I was waist […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-huge-unwieldy-beast-versus-flash-fiction/feed/ 7 14715 Impulsivity, Fear and Flash https://booksbywomen.org/impulsivity-fear-and-flash-by-jodi-barnes/ https://booksbywomen.org/impulsivity-fear-and-flash-by-jodi-barnes/#comments Thu, 07 Nov 2013 02:51:50 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10300 Impulsivity is something that doesn’t really work in the publishing world. We are wisely warned to be patient, to practice and hone our craft, to ask for as much feedback from other writers and editors as possible before pressing send or wrapping our bundle into a FedEx envelope. And yet, three weeks ago I felt […]

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