Flash Literature
"For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn."
Definitions of Flash Literature abound on the net. In fact there are entire sites devoted to the subject such as FlashFiction.net. Another writer who has a good explanation is Adam Maxwell. I will not try to duplicate their explanations or discussions, but merely describe how and why I write in the area of Flash Literature.
Probably the first reason I write in the genre is the challenge of putting an entire concept in a small space. In the age of Twitter, there is a niche of writing named appropriately Twitter Fiction, limited to the 120 characters available. So far that is a bit short for me, but I do try to break the 500 word mark.
The second reason is related - it is a good form of writing discipline. The process makes the writer aware of any superfluous words (in my case WAY to many of the articles). Finally, they are fun to write.
I put some examples of my Flash Essays on the Flash Literature page.
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