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Flash - The Writing Exercise

Posted: Jun 19, 08 6:51pm

Flash fiction. Not a new art. Hemingway's For sale: Baby shoes, never worn. is quite a story for six words.

So for this next writing exercise, let us explore this world of flash fiction at the micro level. Just 250 words or less (about a half page in Word using 12 point font, 1.25” margins left/right, 1” top margin). That's all you'll get to tell us a tale of fiction pulled from your imagination. No prompts and a fresh work if you please.

As usual, one submission per person, no pictures and in order to have a relevant commentary, please post submissions as separate discussions. This may get cumbersome, but it allows for a conversational flow to the comments for each story. Please make sure you include FLASH EVENT at the beginning of the title of your discussion/submission so we can keep track of the submissions.

General comments on the exercise itself can be posted in the daily discussions.

For those seeking constructive criticism from our members, please add FEEDBACK at the end of the title as well.

As always, remember the TBD Community Guidelines.

Last but not least, nominations for your favorite stories will be collected and many among you submitting will be presented with a virtual Gordon award for outstanding contribution to the flash form of fiction in an online community environment.

You have until midnight Saturday, June 28th to post your discussion. Good luck and have fun!

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6 Comments // 4 Members

powergirl

Posted: Jun 19, 08 8:26pm

Ahhh...LM, where is the butter in all that?

I was hoping for some food..

Or there will be another one with butter in it?

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lostmutt

Posted: Jun 20, 08 4:37pm

powergirl wrote:

Ahhh...LM, where is the butter in all that?

I was hoping for some food..

Or there will be another one with butter in it?

Food for the mind, smothered in the butter of creativity, is there for you, PG, ready to devour with your eyes.

I'm not sure what CarolT (T for Tango) is going to do...but I am curious.

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marilyndevine

Posted: Jun 20, 08 4:40pm

Have been enjoying the submissions, but notice that one person has already posted twice.

Is this an "off with her head" moment?

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lostmutt

Posted: Jun 20, 08 8:36pm

marilyndevine wrote:

Have been enjoying the submissions, but notice that one person has already posted twice.

Is this an "off with her head" moment?

We've come to an accommodation, with thanks. There is now only one submission; the other is there for all to enjoy and comment on as they like.

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powergirl

Posted: Jun 20, 08 8:57pm

lostmutt wrote:

Food for the mind, smothered in the butter of creativity, is there for you, PG, ready to devour with your eyes.

This does sound yummy LM... I mean inspiring ...

Ahhh, I have to admit it I have been on diet if you didn't figure it out by now ;-)

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Jon Deisher

Posted: Jun 21, 08 10:52am

Just for fun ..

Salivating precipitously, he held the yellowish quarter pound stick firmly in one hand, grabbed a greasy steak knife from the pile of dirty silverware in the sink and carved off a thick chunk that landed with a "splat" on a pile of steaming mashed potatoes. Slowly the squared edges of the cube softened and rivulets of viscus, golden ooze dribbled down the sides like the residue of a receding glacier. Shoving a fork into the mess, his taste buds quivered as his lips pulled the mass off the tynes. Washing it down with a cold beer he thought, "It doesn't get any better than this," And his arteries waited for another silted layer incrementally anticipating his coronary by-pass.

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