Monday 24 February 2020

Foray into Flash fiction

In June 2019, I got the chance to attend a flash fiction festival in Bristol. Since I was part of the middleway mentoring project, this festival was recommended by my course coordinator.

I was intrigued by the concept - writing 250 or 500 words story. I was amazed to see how many practictioners of flash fiction had turned up. The workshops were amazing, they were well suited to novices like me and also to well versed practitioners who were very subtle about their successes.

Ad hoc fiction also has an ebook where a longlist is published each week and a public vote decides the winner.
Each week there is a prompt word and all pieces must contain the word to be considered. I did a piece on the word "Chill". I was very happy to be included in the longlist for the week of September 25.

https://adhocfiction.com/read/#FlashEbook



A piece that I am really proud and that which won me the first prize in a writing contest.

The task was to write a story based on a painting and this came out naturally without much thinking. I had a great time writing this.

Thanks

https://www.tell-a-tale.com/11409-2/