[PDF] Writing Flash Fiction eBook

Author : Tara L. Masih
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,41 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780978984861

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Literary Nonfiction. Literary Criticism and History. Reference. With its unprecedented gathering of 25 brief essays by experts in the field, THE ROSE METAL PRESS FIELD GUIDE TO WRITING FLASH FICTION meets the growing need for a concise yet creative exploration of the re-emerging genre popularly known as flash fiction. The book's introduction provides, for the first time, a comprehensive history of the short short story, from its early roots and hitherto unknown early publications and appearances, to its current state and practice. This guide is a must for anyone in the field of short fiction who teaches, writes, and is interested in its genesis and practice.

Author : Carly Berg
Publisher : Magic Lantern Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,2 MB
Release : 2015-01-21
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ISBN : 9780692355008

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Writing flash fiction is a fun, easy way to break into print and quickly establish yourself as a professional author. This book shows you everything you need to write great stories under 1,000 words, as well as how and where to get them published. It concludes with tips for re-publishing those stories all together as a book.

Author : Jeff Lyons
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 14,91 MB
Release : 2015-06-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 1317558952

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If a story is going to fail, it will do so first at the premise level. Anatomy of a Premise Line: How to Master Premise and Story Development for Writing Success is the only book of its kind to identify a seven-step development process that can be repeated and applied to any story idea. This process will save you time, money, and potentially months of wasted writing. So whether you are trying to write a feature screenplay, develop a television pilot, or just trying to figure out your next story move as a writer, this book gives you the tools you need to know which ideas are worth pursuing. In addition to the 7-step premise development tool, Anatomy of a Premise Line also presents a premise and idea testing methodology that can be used to test any developed premise line. Customized exercises and worksheets are included to facilitate knowledge transfer, so that by the end of the book, you will have a fully developed premise line, log line, tagline, and a completed premise-testing checklist. Here is some of what you will learn inside: Ways to determine whether or not your story is a good fit for print or screen Case studies and hands-on worksheets to help you learn by participating in the process Tips on how to effectively work through writer’s block A companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/lyons) with additional worksheets, videos, and interactive tools to help you learn the basics of perfecting a killer premise line

Author : Nancy Stohlman
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,23 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Stripteasers
ISBN : 9780980165067

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Fiction. What happens when an ex-stripper in her mid-thirties, married with children, awakens one day questioning what brought her to a current life of complicated domesticity? Compelled to return to Omaha after seventeen years, the narrator we only know as Natalie begins a quest into her past, an adventure that takes the reader from childhood beauty pageants to the sex and glamour industries. Natalie's search becomes an intrepid journey through her own sexuality, a woman not only claiming herself but also accepting her contradictions. With inquisitive perception and agile use of perspective, SEARCHING FOR SUZI is an investigation into the tragic shadows of a past preferred to be forgotten.

Author : Dinty W. Moore
Publisher : Rose Metal Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 22,41 MB
Release : 2012-09-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0984616667

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FEATURING ESSAYS FROM: Barrie Jean Borich • Jenny Boully • Norma Elia Cantú • Rigoberto González • Philip Graham • Carol Guess • Jeff Gundy • Robin Hemley • Barbara Hurd • Judith Kitchen •Eric LeMay • Dinah Lenney • Bret Lott • Patrick Madden• Lee Martin • Maggie McKnight • Brenda Miller •Kyle Minor • Aimee Nezhukumatathil • Anne Panning • Lia Purpura • Peggy Shumaker • Sue William Silverman • Jennifer Sinor • Ira Sukrungruang • Nicole Walker Unmatched in its focus on a concise and popular emerging genre, The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction features 26 eminent writers, editors, and teachers offering expert analysis, focused exercises, and helpful examples of what make the brief essay form such a perfect medium for experimentation, insight, and illumination. With a comprehensive introduction to the genre and book by editor Dinty W. Moore, this guide is perfect for both the classroom and the individual writer’s desk—an essential handbook for anyone interested in the scintillating and succinct flash nonfiction form. How many words does it take to tell a compelling true story? The answer might surprise you.

Author : Robert Swartwood
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 33,58 MB
Release : 2010-10-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393338460

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Collects more than one hundred short stories, each with no more than twenty-five words.

Author : David Gaffney
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,79 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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David Gaffney’s compact, surreal tales are filled with poignancy and wit. Each story goes off like a tiny depth charge in the mind, leaving you with the trace memory of some new urban myth – comic, absurd and disturbingly true.

Author : David Galef
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,44 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Flash fiction
ISBN : 9780231179683

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David Galef provides a guide to writing flash fiction, from tips on technique to samples by canonical and contemporary authors to provocative prompts that inspire powerful stories in a little space. Brevity is an indispensable resource for anyone working in this increasingly popular form.

Author : Given Hoffman
Publisher : Marked
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 38,42 MB
Release : 2020-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781543997842

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A successful jouster, Prince Gage faces an opponent who is also undefeated, but unlike the knights and lords on the tournament field, this ruthless thief doesn't fight by the rules of chivalry.