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Writing Flash Fiction: How to Write Very Short Stories and Get Them Published. *Then Re-Publish Them All Together as a Book by Carly Berg
3.0
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This is not a terrible book, it's slapdash. And it's not a book about writing flash fiction. It barely discusses writing. Discussion of what I would call "technique" doesn't even start until page 17; before that is all coaching-- how to get ideas and motivation and whatnot. I'm sorry, but there are whole other books for that. They rock; I've read them. Then after page 25, revising takes over until page 46. And, after that, the rest of the book discusses what I call the business of writing.
Writing Flash Fiction is not a book about writing flash fiction. It is a book about how Carly Berg became successful writing flash fiction, told in scattered bits throughout a poorly constructed memoir/marketing text. There are useful things in here, but very few of them have anything to do with writing flash fiction.
I'm giving this book three stars for all the marketing suggestions. Those have value for all of us writers. But I felt a little let down by the writing flash sections.
Stay healthy, writers! <3
This is not a terrible book, it's slapdash. And it's not a book about writing flash fiction. It barely discusses writing. Discussion of what I would call "technique" doesn't even start until page 17; before that is all coaching-- how to get ideas and motivation and whatnot. I'm sorry, but there are whole other books for that. They rock; I've read them. Then after page 25, revising takes over until page 46. And, after that, the rest of the book discusses what I call the business of writing.
Writing Flash Fiction is not a book about writing flash fiction. It is a book about how Carly Berg became successful writing flash fiction, told in scattered bits throughout a poorly constructed memoir/marketing text. There are useful things in here, but very few of them have anything to do with writing flash fiction.
I'm giving this book three stars for all the marketing suggestions. Those have value for all of us writers. But I felt a little let down by the writing flash sections.
Stay healthy, writers! <3