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Writing and Selling Memorable Flash Fiction

Learn how to write and sell a successful story using fewer than a thousand words from author José Pablo Iriarte.

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A whole story in just a few hundred words . . . it hardly seems possible, but such notable authors as Kate Chopin, William Somerset Maugham, O. Henry, Ernest Hemingway, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Isaac Asimov, and Philip K. Dick have written notable stories of under a thousand words. Flash fiction stories, sometimes called "short short stories," are a masterclass in craft, requiring the author to distill their story to its absolute core essence. For all that, a good flash story can deliver an emotional punch in the gut, and have a staying power far beyond its wordcount. From an aspiring writer's standpoint, flash stories are also arguably easier to sell, since they require less investment of money or space from a market. Flash fiction stories can also be written in much less time than longer stories, allowing authors to have more stories in circulation or more published stories.

Participants will learn: 1) How to know before writing a story whether it can be told in under a thousand words. 2) What gives a successful short short story its emotional heft. 3) How to make story elements do double duty in order to get more accomplished with fewer words. 4) How to find markets to sell short short fiction to.

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