Wednesday
Wednesday Flash Therapy: Some (Very) Short Wishes for Your Flash
FlashFiction.Net is one-year old. One of those ubiquitous summer songs is stuck in my head as part of the celebratory vibe:
Of course, FlashFiction.Net used its stored up wishes for you, because that’s the kind of generous spirit that flows from this site. Not all of them can be revealed, for fear that none will come true, but here’s a sampling:Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, Wish right now
- May your titles create interest, subtext, mystery, and meaning.
- May your first lines be subversive and immersive.
- May your dialogue force characters to go deeper.
- May each word be what Quick Fiction’s Jen Pieroni calls “a smart surprise.”
- May your endings be both a door and a window.
- May your flashes be as brilliant as you dreamed they might be.
- And may they, and their writers, all find the perfect homes.
For further reading, check out FlashFiction.Net’s suggested readings of flash fiction and prose poetry collections, anthologies, and craft books, by clicking here.
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posted on 28 Jul 2010, 4:26 PM
Thank you for this Randall. I'm printing it up and putting it on my bulletin board next to my computer.
posted on 29 Jul 2010, 6:11 AM
Happy Birthday FlashFiction.Net!
And thank you for the wishes! If only one of them comes true I'll still be a better writer!
posted on 3 Aug 2010, 9:26 PM
Thanks, Gay. I hope it leads to wish-fulfillment. And thanks, Liz, for the birthday wishes!