The Basic Ingredients of Flash Fiction
Lesson 1 - We start from ground zero and take a look at what makes up a piece of flash!
This is Part 1 of Jo Gatford’s Flash Fiction Masterclass
Welcome to Lesson 1 of the Smash Your Flash Workshop!
If you’re just joining us, hi there — I’m Jo Gatford, your flashy guide for the next four weeks of workshops, exercises and creative exploration (find out more about me and the general course outline here).
Today, we’re going to start from ground zero and take a quick look at what makes up a piece of flash. Quite honestly it’s going to take me the rest of this 12-part course to even come close to defining it. But I can tell you that it’s incredibly satisfying to write. And that you can get started with nothing more than a fleeting idea and a few basic tools to set you on your way.
So, with the enormous caveat that flash fiction is a shape-shifting law unto itself that is constantly breaking boundaries and discovering new forms, I’m going to try to pin down some generic ingredients you’ll find in most pieces of flash.
