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I recently saw a contest for writing flash fiction - the contest rules were that it had to be under 100 words long. I thought "Hey, that's cool! I'll give it a shot." So I sat down, and tried to s...
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2019-12-30T14:20:36Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T07:32:12Z (about 5 years ago)
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I recently saw a contest for writing flash fiction - the contest rules were that it had to be under 100 words long. I thought "Hey, that's cool! I'll give it a shot." So I sat down, and tried to start writing something. Emphasis on _tried_ - nothing would come that would work as a super short story. Everything that I started to write seemed like the beginning of an epic fantasy novel (because to be honest, I read a lot of that). What are some tips for starting to write _short_ stories?
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2017-12-17T18:48:37Z (about 7 years ago)
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