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    This document provides a brief overview and comparison of flash fiction and short stories, including typical elements and word counts. It then shares a few sample flash fiction stories to demonstrate the genre. The stories are very short, typically under 100 words each, and focus on a twist or unexpected ending. The document also provides some tips for writing effective flash fiction, such as using strong verbs and concise language.

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    This document provides a brief overview and comparison of flash fiction and short stories, including typical elements and word counts. It then shares a few sample flash fiction stories to demonstrate the genre. The stories are very short, typically under 100 words each, and focus on a twist or unexpected ending. The document also provides some tips for writing effective flash fiction, such as using strong verbs and concise language.

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    This document provides a brief overview and comparison of flash fiction and short stories, including typical elements and word counts. It then shares a few sample flash fiction stories to demonstrate the genre. The stories are very short, typically under 100 words each, and focus on a twist or unexpected ending. The document also provides some tips for writing effective flash fiction, such as using strong verbs and concise language.

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    B.2.5 Flash Fiction

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    This document provides a brief overview and comparison of flash fiction and short stories, including typical elements and word counts. It then shares a few sample flash fiction stories to demonstrate the genre. The stories are very short, typically under 100 words each, and focus on a twist or unexpected ending. The document also provides some tips for writing effective flash fiction, such as using strong verbs and concise language.

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    Fiction in a Flash

    Quickwrite
    • Describe the worst thunderstorm you have
    ever experienced. You have 3 minutes.
    Split Personality
    Flashvs.Fiction
    Short Stories
    FLASH FICTION & FLASH FICTION
    SHORT STORIES • Has a limited
    • Setting amount of words:
    100 or less
    • Character(s)
    • Usually uses twist
    • Conflict
    endings
    • Resolution
    Harry’s Love
    Young Love
    “The Duel” by Aaron Kidd
    Two foes faced one another on a desert
    battlefield. Sweat beaded both brows. One
    infamous, clothed in black. The other, a golden
    star over his heart.
    They drew revolvers.
    Gunshots sounded.
    A woman yelled from a nearby porch.
    The combatants fell and lay still.
    Then, rising, they began to sprint towards the
    porch.
    Snack Time.
    Tips
    • Use contractions instead of two words.
    – He is: 2 words
    – He’s: 1 word
    • Use punctuation instead of conjunctions.
    – She glanced over her shoulder and spotted the
    clown.
    – She glanced over shoulder, spotted the clown.
    • Use strong words instead of weak ones.
    Being Choosy
    Stronger Words Weaker Words
    • Verbs • Adverbs
    • Nouns • Pronouns
    • Adjectives • Interjections
    • Prepositions
    • Conjunctions
    “The 14Duel”12by Aaron
    7
    Kidd
    Nouns Verbs Adjectives

    Two foes faced one another on a desert


    battlefield. Sweat beaded both brows. One
    infamous, clothed in black. The other, a golden
    star over his heart.
    They drew revolvers.
    Gunshots sounded.
    A woman yelled from a nearby porch.
    The combatants fell and lay still.
    Then, rising, they began to sprint towards the
    porch.
    Snack Time.
    Challenges
    • Be alliterative: Only use words that begin
    with the same letter for the whole story.
    • Be wordy: Use a series of nouns & verbs,
    strung together into one long sentence.
    • Be jokey: Turn your final sentence into a
    punch line.
    • Be talkative: Use a voicemail as your
    entire story.
    “Broken Girl” by Jessie Roark
    Snapped ankle. Out of
    coma. Amnesia. Every day
    goes by the same. The doctors
    come in and ask hundreds of
    questions. That social worker
    won’t leave me alone.
    Today a tall man with my high
    cheekbones, wearing a blue jacket, comes in
    to see me. “Tess?”
    Then I see his cold eyes and I
    remember.
    “Refined Lifestyle” by Lindsey Cox
    Don’s parents said he’d
    never amount to anything.
    They said he’d never be
    successful, but here he was,
    sitting in the lap of luxury. The
    house had magnificently tall
    ceilings and elaborate art on
    the walls that Don admired.
    He took them down and
    threw them in the truck with
    the rest of the plunder.
    The Dare: Write a story in six words.

    For sale: baby shoes,


    never worn.
    --Ernest Hemingway,
    American author (1899-1961)
    Smith Magazine
    Six Word Memoirs
    Student Samples

    Fifty flavors,
    and I choose vanilla.
    --Brittany
    Disc golf is my
    new love.
    --Marshall
    Still a little kid
    at heart.
    --Tayler
    Girl of
    many
    houses,
    not homes.
    --Sarah

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