Flash Writing: How to Write, Revise and Publish Stories Less Than 1,000 Words Long

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Virtualbookworm Publishing, 2004 - 178 pagine
Flash fiction is one of the hottest literary trends of the 21st century. Online magazines crave it, mainstream publications such as Esquire, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair publish it, and many other markets and contests seek it. Flash Writing is your guide to writing, revising and publishing stories fewer than 1,000 words long. Learn how to generate story ideas, create characters, develop conflict, and establish setting and point of view for flash fiction. Then discover how to research, format, and submit your work to flash fiction markets. Shorter is better, and Flash Writing helps you learn how to create entertaining, publishable flash fiction.
 

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Chapter
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The Flash Fiction Writing Process
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
45
Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
97
Style
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 18
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Appendix
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Copyright

Chapter 9
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Informazioni sull'autore (2004)

Michael Wilson has been teaching creative writing classes and facilitating writers' groups for over 8 years and was an award-winning Contributing Editor for The Writer's Block at Suite101.com. He earned a BA (with honors) in English from Ohio University. Michael has been a featured guest speaker at the Thurber House, the Maumee Valley Writers' Conference, and the Columbus Writers' Conference. He has worked on writing projects for companies such as Lucent Technologies, Qwest Communications, American Electric Power, and Nationwide. He is also the publisher and editor of Grist for the Muse a free monthly creative writing e-newsletter.

Informazioni bibliografiche

TitoloFlash Writing: How to Write, Revise and Publish Stories Less Than 1,000 Words Long
AutoreMichael L. Wilson
EditoreVirtualbookworm Publishing, 2004
ISBN1589396375, 9781589396371
Lunghezza178 pagine
  
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