G2 Flashcards
It is a short imaginative type of stories; it is also known as very short stories, microstories, microfiction, sudden fiction, postcard fiction, and nano fiction.
FLASH FICTION
Who began publishing their sudden fiction series that features stories of fewer than 2,000 words in the 1980s?
JAMES THOMAS & ROBERT SHAPARD
He initiated and first won the “World’s Best Short Short Stories” contest in 1986
JEROME STERN
What are the characteristics of flash fiction?
BREVITY
BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END
A TWIST OR A SURPRISE AT THE END
It attempts to condense to fewest words possible and it tells a story that focuses on the main point of the story within a certain limit of words.
BREVITY
It tends to emphasize the plot.
BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END
It sets expectations and then turning them upside down.
A TWIST OR A SURPRISE AT THE END
What are the flash fiction categories?
FLASH FICTION DRABBLE/MICROFICTION TWITTERATURE SUDDEN FICTION DRIBBLE OR MINISAGA SIX-WORD STORY
It has a maximum of 1,500 words
FLASH FICTION
It has a maximum of 100 words
DRABBLE/MICROFICTION
It has a maximum of 280 characters
TWITTERATURE
It has a maximum of 750 words
SUDDEN FICTION
It has a maximum of 50 words
DRIBBLE/MINISAGA
It is any story with a single-digit word count is a category unto itself
SIX-WORD STORY
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