This time, rather than reverse engineer my story’s progress and comment after the fact, I decided to write down the entire process. As you may or may not know, FlashFriday is a flash fiction (short story/micro fiction) contest that is, oddly enough, run every Friday. I’ve been participating for a little less than a […]
Read More FlashFriday – Vol 2-6 – Anatomy of a storyIt’s rare when you write something at 03:00 and like it, it’s really rare when you really don’t like it and a minor tweak can turn it around… I’ve been really tired lately so staying up ’til midnight to catch the prompt as it is posted is pretty much out of the question, but I’ve […]
Read More Flash Friday #47 – Anatomy of an editThis last Friday, I once again entered FlashFriday @ http://flashfriday.wordpress.com/2013/09/13/flash-friday-41/#comments. The prompt: Word count target: 350 words, give or take 10 words. When I first looked at the picture, my eyes were drawn of course to the dust storm. I was very tired when I looked at the picture, but the lines that came to me […]
Read More FlashFriday #41 – Anatomy of an editThis week’s flash fiction presented a unique series of problems, both expected and unexpected. The prompt itself was a picture of a cable car: The target word count: 75 words (give or take 5) My mind went immediately to ‘Where Eagles Dare’ and I came up with the rough draft almost immediately. Martin looked at […]
Read More Stories in the 75 word rangeSorry for the delay, I kinda got waylaid and stunned into inaction. Nothing bad, not by a long shot. Engineering dream won! So… back to our regularly scheduled Anatomy of an Edit. It’s time once again for my behind the look at the writing of a story. This challenge was actually harder for me because […]
Read More Anatomy of an Edit – Engineering DreamAnother entry for Flash!Friday. (http://flashfriday.wordpress.com/) The Challenge: 200 Words Exactly Based on the following image: The Entry: Engineering Dream (Short form) Alex waited anxiously as the engineering review board studied his request to preserve a derelict spaceship. The fact that the craft was still functional after a century and a half indicated that studying it […]
Read More Friday’s Flash Fiction – Engineering DreamAnother flash fiction, another tale of editing in the fast lane. This week, I got a late start and ended up doing a lot of adjusting sections of story as I went. I had less than an hour to write before it was due and since I was in a hurry, I didn’t keep as […]
Read More Anatomy of an Edit: Part VCapbreton. Photo courtesy of Makunin, @ Pixabay It’s that time again. Today’s prompt: Target Word Count : 200 (give or take 10) I saw the picture at 02:00 this morning, and couldn’t really think of what do to with it. The picture is of the seas bunkers that were built in Capbreton, France during WWII, […]
Read More Anatomy of an edit: Part 4Yesterday I posted my edits for the flash fiction contest I’d entered, taking the story down to it’s required 150 words (give or take 25), and I said, that it would be a better story if I could take it to the 300-500 range. This sounded like a good exercise to me, and so this […]
Read More FlashFiction rewriteAnother Friday!Flash, and another post writing break down. This time the prompt was the Mona Lisa – word count 150 give or take 25. Admittedly that gave me a lot more leeway than last week’s challenge, but I was about to find out that that isn’t always enough. I’m discovering that with flash fiction, […]
Read More The anatomy of an edit: Part III