Pro-Paying Flash Markets for 2021
It seems like I went and forgot that this is a writing site, didn't I? Let's fix that. My opinion on flash fiction has changed quite a...
dmjohnston3
- Dec 7, 2020
- 2 min
Speculative Short Story Acceptance Rates - 2021 Edition
A new year is coming up, and some of you will decide that this is the year that you will be published. I'm terribly sorry to hear that....
dmjohnston3
- Jul 26, 2020
- 1 min
Writing Flash Fiction: Master Post
Here are the collected flash fiction posts as of July 26th, 2020. This post may be updated if new posts are added. Introduction (The...
dmjohnston3
- Jul 21, 2020
- 4 min
Writing Flash Fiction: A Story Analysis
(Part of an ongoing series - click here to see all posts) Before beginning the post proper, I'd like to announce a new project that will...
dmjohnston3
- Jul 3, 2020
- 2 min
Yet Another List of 30 Flash Fiction Prompts
I'm not a big fan of writing prompts, and I like flash fiction prompts even less - and yet here we are. Some of you read the post...
dmjohnston3
- Jun 30, 2020
- 5 min
Writing Flash Fiction: Three Acts in a Tiny Word Count
(Part 3 in an ongoing series) If you've already tried your hand at writing flash fiction, then you've already learned something...
dmjohnston3
- Jun 25, 2020
- 5 min
Writing Flash Fiction: 5 Broad Ideas to Get Started
Part 2 in an ongoing series. Short stories live and die on their concepts. Without a lot of room to build rounded characters, establish...
dmjohnston3
- Jun 22, 2020
- 4 min
Writing Flash Fiction: Introduction (The "What" and "Why")
Even with our ongoing cultural obsession with really long books, the literary scene may actually be trending toward very short works....