This caught my eye on Facebook because I’m intrigued by flash fiction and tempted to try it. A new member of my writers’ group writes it, and I’m finding it challenging as a reader — in very good ways.
Why do you write flash? What makes it different for you?
I don’t think of myself as a natural flash writer; I generally write novels and long short stories. I couldn’t write a poem if my life depended on it. But six-ish years ago, I started thinking about flash when I was working on THIS ANGEL ON MY CHEST, a book of stories that plays around with form. I challenged myself to write something short, to tell a complete and harrowing story in as few words as possible. (Here’s the result.) Now, I love the compression and the gut-punch of a successful piece of flash, that sense of illumination like a firework ripping through a dark sky. I like the power of what’s missing, of the ripples of what is suggested and implied and hidden. I explore the role of silence a lot in my fiction, whether real or…
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Write Through It 
I like writing flash fiction — or rather — ATTEMPTING to write it. I fail so miserably that I wind up with new short stories, instead…
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With my luck I’ll wind up with another novel in progress! I need to read more of it. What I’ve read so far makes me think that part of the “trick” is recognizing the kernel (see, I’ve got popcorn on the brain 🙂 ) that wants to turn into a short-short, not a novelette. And not introducing more than a couple of characters.
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Which also makes it an excellent exercise for learning how to write a synopsis!
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