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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
fast-paced
This is a useful guide, with explanations, exercises and examples from literature (especially global literature and the early 20th century, when "sketches" were very popular) of thousand word writing. This is a great way to sharpen your observational skills, practice writing and spark creative thinking about longer projects (as well as write small, polished gems).
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
informative
fast-paced
Markets itself as exactly what it is. A must-have for flash writers and writers in general!
informative
medium-paced
This wasn't a particularly quickly paced book, which is strange for a Flash Fiction book.
Additionally, the first few types of Short Shorts had example fiction provided, but some later types didn't. The early examples also had some history and further reading for each subgenre, and later types didn't, which for myself either with or without the context would have been fine but the inconsistency was annoying.
It was also an oddly organized book that kept flipping back and forth between outlining types of fiction and giving writing advice for making your own, instead of separating them into separate sections like the introduction of the book claimed it did.
Additionally, the first few types of Short Shorts had example fiction provided, but some later types didn't. The early examples also had some history and further reading for each subgenre, and later types didn't, which for myself either with or without the context would have been fine but the inconsistency was annoying.
It was also an oddly organized book that kept flipping back and forth between outlining types of fiction and giving writing advice for making your own, instead of separating them into separate sections like the introduction of the book claimed it did.
This is a helpful little guide to writing short fiction. I probably would have gotten more out of it if I had done the writing prompts it includes, but I liked all the examples of the different types of pieces.