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In Late, Out Early

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In Late, Out Early

How to Write a Flash Fiction Story 
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Flash Fiction is:

  • Short
  • Concise
  • Economical with words and plot.
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skip the boring bits

if it doesn't move the plot forward, cut it. 
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Know where your story really starts

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"In Late" means the story starts just after the action has started.

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Out Early

End the story when the reader can assume what will happen 
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leave voids

for your reader to fill 
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encourage reader engagement

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Refine your scene to a laser focus

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The imagination is more powerful than any scene written

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Flash Fiction structure

  • Skip the boring bits
  • Start when the story starts
  • In late, out early
  • engage the reader
  • Believe in imagination
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Start small
go big

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Story structure applies to short fiction too.

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every structural component must build tension.

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leave yourself somewhere to go

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beats

Increase the struggle in tiny increments 
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Beats create scenes

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Ask yourself, what is the point of this scene?

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A capping scene ends a sequence

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If a scene has no forward motion,
cut it.

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Sequences

are built from scenes 
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sequences build acts

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The changes in beats, scenes, sequences, & acts
can be reversed

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Acts combine to form the story

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The final change in a story is
absolute & irreversible.

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Reversing cheats the reader

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The ending must be:

  • built
  • justified
  • irreversible
  • absolute
  • a resolution to conflict
  • fulfilling
  • sensical
  • A release of tension
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How to critique

a manuscript like a pro 
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Leave your ego at the door.

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leave your red pen

at the door too. 
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consider how you like to be treated.

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critique the work,

not the author. 
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be prompt

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Ask the important questions:

  • Do I believe this?Do I care? Did I see it coming? What pulls me out of the story? Where did I skim or have the urge to skim? Am I satisfied with the (reaction/ending/character arc)? Ma
  • Do I care?
  • Did I see it coming?
  • What pulls me out of the story?
  • Where did I skim or have the urge to skim?
  • Am I satisfied with the (reaction/ending/character arc)?
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make notes

in the margins. 
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Tell the truth

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BE KIND & PROFESSIONAL

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Don't rewrite the manuscript and don't offer suggestions on how to fix the story.

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Re-format the manuscript into a file type the author can open.

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Critiquing checklist

  • Don't rewrite, edit, or fix.
  • be honest yet professional.
  • Make notes & ask the right questons.
  • Be prompt.
  • Critique the story itself.
  • it's not about you.
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