Writing flash fiction

So how do you write flash fiction? Here's some thoughts

1.      You only have room for one main character

2.      You only have room for one scene. There’s not enough room to tell the character’s life story. One setting, one moment

3.      You only have room for a single plot. No subplots.

4.      You only have room for a single, simple theme.

5.      Get to the main conflict of the scene in the first sentence

 

6.      Skip as much of the backstory as you can

 

7.      Save the twist until the end

8.  Edit! Cross out any word that isn’t absolutely needed

 

John Dean