Title:
Flash! : writing the very short story / John Dufresne.
Author:
Dufresne, John, author.
Publication Information:
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2018]
©2018
Call Number:
PN3373 .D76 2018
Abstract:
"The history of fiction has been dominated by the novel and the short story. But now a brave new genre has emerged: very brief fiction. FLASH! identifies the qualities that make for excellent flash fiction, demystifies the writing process, and guides writers by exercise and example through the world of the very short story."--From back cover.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780393352351
Physical Description:
xiv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
General Note:
Includes complete examples of very short fiction by more than thirty authors.
Contents:
The intro -- Briefly -- Stories, short stories, and very short stories -- The lure of stories -- Points of view -- The qualities of a good short-short story -- Writing a short story; writing a very short story -- A formal feeling comes -- The art of the glimpse -- Long and short -- The way of all flash -- The outro.
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