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Complete, First published Dec 10, 2020
Learn how to write flash fiction. It's not as hard as you think! This guide presents a simple set of exercises that will demonstrate just how easy writing a short story can be. If you do the exercises, you'll have a piece of flash fiction when you finish. Total lesson time: 30 minutes to an hour Mary Robinette Kowal was a guest speaker on Brandon Sanderson's YouTube writers series. This tutorial extracts her instructions and information to act as a tutorial for learning to write flash fiction, or really, a story of any length. If you work through this tutorial and play along, I encourage you to visit the video on YouTube and catch all her details. It's a wonderful explainer and exercise bundled all into one. Cover art: "Space Collision" by chiaralily is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0All Rights Reserved
Table of contents
- Mary Robinette Kowal Talks Flash FictionThu, Dec 10, 2020
- Step 1: Who Where GenreFri, Dec 11, 2020
- Step 2: GoalsFri, Dec 11, 2020
- Step 3: MICE QuotientFri, Dec 11, 2020
- Step 4: Try/Fail Conflict Cycle #1Fri, Dec 11, 2020
- Step 5: Try/Fail Cycle #2Fri, Dec 11, 2020
- Step 6: Try/Succeed Resolution CycleFri, Dec 11, 2020
- Step 7: Complete the PromiseFri, Dec 11, 2020
- Simon StarjumperFri, Dec 11, 2020
- BONUS STEP: The Secret IngredientFri, Dec 11, 2020
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