Woman As Art
Of course, I’m talking about a good idea for a flash fiction story. After all, this magazine is the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette.
Hello, everyone!
As of this morning, the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette is averaging 1,035 views every day for December 2012. This means that there is a good chance that this publication will get more than 30,000 views this month for the first time in its four-year history of publication.
You can’t beat that with a stick! But I digress.
In my humble opinion, the element of time is the deciding factor in whether or not an idea will make for a good flash fiction short story.
You have to ask yourself, will this idea allow me to present a significant situation where the majority of the action takes place within a time frame of a few minutes or at most within a time frame of a few hours?
If the answer is yes, you should pursue the idea and see where it takes you.
If the answer is no, you may want to come up with another idea.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania skyline photograph, taken from the West End Overlook. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Remember, none of my suggestions on how to write flash fiction are meant to be hard, fast rules; but they work for me and I think they will work for you, too.
This is the Old Soldier reporting from Pittsburgh.
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Writing And Waiting For Winter
The Old Soldier is mentally ready for snow. After all, this is Pittsburgh in December. When I was an innocent child, you could bet there would be snow on the ground in Pittsburgh by October.
And the beat goes on.
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Hello, my brother and sister bloggers, readers, writers and my Flash Fiction Fanatics. I truly enjoyed my visit to the public library today. I think I’ll work it into my daily routine, getting in a good walk at the same time.
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Today there are four short stories on the Home Page. That seems to be the right number considering that the Home Page is made up of 20 postings. So that will be the usual set up for the Home Page from now on. One story will be mine and three will be from Guest Writers.
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The Submissions tab for flash fiction is at the top of the page.
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