Writing Flash: How to Craft and Publish Flash Fiction for a Booming Market - Softcover

White, Fred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 161035317X ISBN 13: 9781610353175

Publisher: Quill Driver Books, 2018

Synopsis

Writing Flash is a fast and informative guide to developing your writing skills and your career in one of fiction’s most challenging genres.

Flash fiction―the art of the ultra-short story―is a challenging skill-building exercise for any writer. Learning how to compress a story to its most essential elements will make your writing vigorous, evocative, and full of emotion. In Writing Flash, acclaimed writing teacher Fred D. White gives an in-depth introduction to a fascinating genre, complete with exercises to develop and strengthen your flash-writing techniques.

Writing Flash presents a complete guide to the writing techniques and creative possibilities of writing flash fiction, plus tips on publishing and marketing your own flash fiction to build your writing career. White also shows how the writing techniques of flash fiction are invaluable tools for any kind of writing, including writing novels and longer short fiction. Writing Flash won’t just help you become a better flash fiction writer; this book will help you become a better writer, period.

About this title

About the Author

Fred D. White received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Iowa. He has taught courses in writing and literature in Minnesota and, since 1980, at Santa Clara University in Northern California, where he is now Professor of English, Emeritus. In 1996 White received the Louis and Dorina Brutocao Award for Teaching Excellence. White has published several books on writing, as well as dozens of stories, essays, poems, and plays. He lives with his wife in Rancho Cordoba, California.

Review

"Provides a modern course in all the techniques of notable flash stories to provide writers with all the basics they need to build a reputation on flash fiction." ―Midwest Book Review

"A well-composed manual for aspiring writers ... White's exercises and advice should also serve as a good spring board for anyone interested in teaching themselves creative writing or wanting to try out a new genre." ―Manhattan Book Review

"A unique and ground-breaking instructional guide and reference that deserves to be a part of every aspiring author's personal 'how to' collection who wants to establish a flexible, varied and successful career as a published writer." ―MBR Bookwatch

"This is a thoughtful book that covers flash fiction from Aesop to podcasts. White analyzes his own writing as well as others' to find those quintessential elements of storytelling that may particularly shine in abbreviated form." ―Hannah Voskuil , flash fiction writer and author of Horus and the Curse of Everlasting Regret

"There is more to Flash than just its brevity, and White provides discerning writers with many lenses through which to understand and explore the diverse range and multiple styles of Flash. This insightful text, a welcome contribution, captures the essence of this important genre." ―Opal Palmer Adisa, author of Love's Promise.

"In Writing Flash, Fred White has compiled a wonderfully compact resource for writers." ―Chris Tusa, editor, Fiction Southeast, and author of The Yellow Girl

Edition details

• Publisher: Quill Driver Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 161035317X
• ISBN 13: 9781610353175
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 150