Thursday, September 27, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
short shorts journals
You will have to Google the links, ladies and gentleman. Sorry.
3:AM Magazine,
Brevity,
Ecelctic Flash,
Flash,
Flash Fiction Online,
Flashfiction.net,
Flashquake,
Fleeting,
FRiGG,
Monkeybicycle,
Nano Fiction,
Narrative,
Quick Fiction,
Sentence,
Smokelong Quarterly,
The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts,
Vestal Review,
Willow Springs,
Word Riot
Friday, September 21, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Kurt Vonnegut Writing Tips
In his book Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Vonnegut listed eight rules for writing a short story:
Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action. Start as close to the end as possible.
Be a Sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them—in order that the reader may see what they are made of.
Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.
Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To hell with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.
Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action. Start as close to the end as possible.
Be a Sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them—in order that the reader may see what they are made of.
Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.
Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To hell with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Flash Fiction World Kindle Publication
The good news is that the first Flash Fiction World collection of the best stories published on FFW up until March 9, 2011 is available on Amazon as a Kindle ebook. My work has been included in the book. -tp.
http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Fiction-World-ebook/dp/B0096QHYA8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1347032148&sr=8-2&keywords=flash+fiction+world
INNER SINS: http://www.innersins.com Submissions
Submissions
"We are proud to say this is it! Our first Issue! It took some time to choose the right pieces for our inaugural issue, but we believe in the authors we have chosen to represent us here. After reading their tales, we think you will agree. We offer Poetry as well as Fiction, so take a look around, see what we have to offer. If you like what you see, make sure to drop us a line. Stay in touch with Inner Sins through Blogger and Facebook."
"We are proud to say this is it! Our first Issue! It took some time to choose the right pieces for our inaugural issue, but we believe in the authors we have chosen to represent us here. After reading their tales, we think you will agree. We offer Poetry as well as Fiction, so take a look around, see what we have to offer. If you like what you see, make sure to drop us a line. Stay in touch with Inner Sins through Blogger and Facebook."
Monday, September 10, 2012
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
20 redundant phrases to eliminate from your writing | Articles | Home
20 redundant phrases to eliminate from your writing | Articles | Home Please eliminate them from your speech, too, kids.
Friday, September 7, 2012
Turbulence: Submissions
Turbulence: Submissions Turbulence is a quarterly printed poetry magazine based in the UK which publishes poetry from around the world. The only payment we can make is in contributor copies. These are hard copies in the EU and electronic copies outside the EU.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
5 Web-Based Tools For Any Browser That Every Writer Should Use
5 Web-Based Tools For Any Browser That Every Writer Should Use: 5 Web-Based Tools For Any Browser That Every Writer Should Use
Monday, September 3, 2012
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Saturday, September 1, 2012
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