Test Blog - How long is your Post?

Hahaha...now, before you get all cranky, I realize that this blog title could be taken the wrong way...Good grief, no matter what I say, I'm just making it worse...

Ok, here is a random post as a test to see if my blog is also 'cut off' like what happened to #JeffreyBrown.

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Flash Fiction - The Short Story

What is a short story?

The definition of a short story depends on your source of information. According to Wikipedia, a short story is comprised of no more than 20,000 words and no less than one thousand.

Anything less than 1000 words is considered a ‘short short’ story. Merriam-Webster defines a short story based on its narrative prose dealing with few characters, which focuses more on the emotional outcome.

Flash fiction falls into the category of short, short story because most flash fiction stories are less than 1000 words. In fact, most flash stories fall into the 300-500 word range.

it is said that a picture is worth 1000 words; imagine the challenge of describing that same picture in 500 words or less. As a writer, you learn to eliminate all but the most needed words to fit within the limit.

Flash fiction is an invigorating way to hone up on your writing skills; remember, you are trying to paint a story within a limited amount of words.

You may even become more proficient with your long story writing after penning some flash. Think of all of the quality you can add to your story once you’ve rid it of the excessive adverbs and adjectives.

Remember, in any story, you want to show the reader the path you want them to follow; you do not want to tell them how you got there.

This one concept provides for some good flash fiction, no matter the topic or story theme.

Although short stories can be 1000 words long, flash is considered to be a short-short story and falls in the 300-500 word category. Micro flash would be any fiction story written in 100 words. That’s why they call it a 'flash' story.

Any story must have three elements; the beginning, a middle, and and end. Flash fiction stories are no different, they must also have a beginning, middle and end.

Give it a try. Come up with an idea, and write a 300 word flash story. You won't be disappointed!

Rudy