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I’ve been writing flash fiction, stories under 1000 words, for the last three years. I can thank StoryADay for my fixation on pocket sized stories. They are challenging but when you pull it off you have a story with a lot of kick. You might also end up with a story in high demand. Short fiction, everything from micro-fiction to full-fledged short stories, is experiencing a resurgence in popularity. There is a push and a demand to write, share, and read bite sized fiction. Short stories never disappeared but I do think there’s a generation that forgot about them. This resurgence along with the birth of social networking and e-publishing changed everything. Twitter fiction exists!
The story I’m editing this week is flash fiction, but up until now I’ve never taken the next step. I’ve sent my story to a few people for a critique. It’s terrifying but exciting too. Once I get all the critiques back I’ll make my final edits and take the plunge. I know there will be rejections, rewrites, and probably more rejections. Those won’t stop me. I’m ready for the challenge.
I’m going to try to post about my progress but I expect there will be occasional lulls. There will still be the usual weekly posts:
Art on Wednesdays
Photography on Sundays
I’ll also have book reviews now and again, and of course, the monthly post on new releases. Everything in between is up for grabs. I hope you’ll stick around for the ride.
Amanda Makepeace's Imagination Run Amok 
Ray Bradbury said in 2001 that writers should write a short story a week for at least a year. He said that in the end it will be nearly impossible to have fifty two bad stories, that you will practice and grow as a creator.
Wise words. I believe he wrote something similar in one of the essays included in Zen in the Art of Writing.
I am a big fan of good short fiction! And I, too, believe that there’s been a resurgence … due to all the new technology, etc. My challenge is in not being able to find the stories I like because I failed to note which publication they came from. For instance, I really liked a short story by Liz Williams, that was in one of the Year’s Best SF books a few years back, and I am still trying to track it down.
I like the idea of writing a story a day, but know that it is much MUCH harder than people would guess. Good luck my writer friend,
jan
ps thanks for posting at the shelf life … means A LOT to me! 😀
Writing a story a day is not easy! Especially when you have other responsibilities. Writing consistently, as in on a regular basis, is more important than quantity.
Yay! I always find it more daunting to do something with the words I write. Can’t wait to hear your progress. And +1 Ray Bradbury.
It will be an interesting journey! 🙂
Flash fiction definitely can pack a punch. It allows for a story with wonder and awe and twists and turns without all of the necessary logic and setup behind a longer story. I love writing flash fiction, I think it is a great practice of conciseness that benefits longer works.
New flash fiction on TrueLee Fiction
read. enjoy. share.
http://trueleefiction.wordpress.com/category/flash-fiction/
Thanks for sharing your site! I love finding other writers as passionate about Flash Fiction. 😉