L7 | FLASH FICTION

• FLASHFICTION

  • Complete story often told in just a few sentences
• CHARACTERISTICS:

  1. Brevity
  2. Complete plot
  3. Surprise / Implied meaning
  4. Strong imagery
• BREVITY

  • Very short, often only a few paragraph
• COMPLETE PLOT

  •  Has a clear beginning, middle, and end
• SURPRISE / IMPLIED MEANING

  • Suggests deeper emotions, leaving interpretation to the reader
• STRONG IMAGERY

  • Uses vivid words to create an impact on the reader’s mind
• TYPES:

  1. Hint fiction
  2. Mini saga
  3. Drabble
  4. Twitterature
  5. Microfiction
  6. Sudden fiction
  7. Six-word stories
• HINT FICTION

  • 25 words or less which serves as an overview or preview
  • Suggests a larger story without stating everything
• MINI SAGA

  • 50 words
  • Concise but complete story, often for writing exercises or contests
• DRABBLE

  • Exactly 100 words, requiring precision in storytelling
• TWITTERATURE

  • 280 characters or less
  • Term that blends “Twitter” and “Literature”
• MICROFICTION

  • Up to 300 words
  • Short but allows a little more depth
• SUDDEN FICTION

  • 500 - 750 words
  • Full story compressed into a small space
• SIX-WORD STORIES

  • Extremely short but powerful stories
  • Consists of exactly six words