FLASH FICTION

• Flash fiction also known as micro story, is a fictional

  work of extreme brevity that still offers character and

  plot development.
• flash fiction is a short fiction

  story of under 1500 words, usually under 1000 words.
• How many words does a six-word story have? 6
• A twitterature contains 280 words
• A dribble or minisaga contains 50 words
• A drabble or microfiction contains 100 words
• A sudden fiction contains 750 words
• A flash fiction contains 1000 words
• Identify the varieties by their word count.

  1. 6 Six-word story
  2. 280 Twitterature
  3. 50 Dribble or Minisaga
  4. 100 Drabble or Microfiction
  5. 750 Sudden Fiction
  6. 1000 Flash Fiction
• Flash fiction cannot be considered completely new because it can be

  traced back to older genres such as the fable and the parable.
• Notable

  flash fiction includes fables like Aesop’s Fables and classics from writers

  like Walt Whitman, Ernest Hemingway, Italo Calvo.
• Examples of dagli appeared on a regular basis in newspapers and

  magazines
• Popular writers of this genre are Jose Corazon de Jesus, Lope K.

  Santos, Teodoro Agoncillo.
• this genre has been popularized because of the

  internet and the social media.
• 3 steps to write a flash fiction

  1. Jump into action
  2. Figure out the ending before the writing
  3. Try not to worry too much about the word count until you hit the editing process
• A target for flash fiction endings is surprise.
• When writing, keep your story brief and be conscious that

  this is flash fiction.
• The editing process will help you

  reach your target word count.
• The issue of keeping an eye

  on your word count as you write is you consciously start

  lowering your word count as you get closer to the end of

  the story.
• Surprise is great because it immediately gets the reader

  into an emotional state to dig back and understand more.