Flash fiction about flash fiction

So you want to write flash fiction Erotica? What? Why?

A thousand-ish words on writing. Hint: It often starts with a picture…

How long is a flash fiction? You get a lot of answers, but basically it’s 301-1000 words. 300 or less are micro-fictions, and there are other terms, but I’m not going down to the gnat’s ass on this.

I do memes as well, and I expect those to be under 20 words-ish. But I digress. Here are some reasons to write flash fiction.

• Capturing plot ideas
• Creating the essence of a marketing blurb
• Doing a meme for marketing yourself or a larger story.
• Learning to finish a story. (this is huge)
• Learning to pace the story (words per task)
• Learning iterative storytelling instead of outlining or Fat outlining.
• Develop your writing habit. (this is even more important)
• Learning to working under constraints. (pacing matters)
• Developing a storytelling imagination. (it’s a muscle)
• Writing a book a week? Or a daily blog?

Flash fiction structure

Yes, there is a method/structure/pacing to flash fiction. In the simplest terms, people say, beginning, middle, end, moral/conclusion. But that’s not super…