What is Flash Fiction? by Laura Johnson https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im Describe the genre--post in 1-2 columns. Don't forget to LOG IN! en-us 2022-05-17 15:36:42 UTC 2024-05-16 14:23:12 UTC hello@padlet.com sarsmith01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994620763 Setting

]]> 2024-05-15 18:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994620763 sylnavratil01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994620845 The 5 S's

]]> 2024-05-15 18:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994620845 Andrew Burquest andburquest01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621085 Starting in the middle

]]> 2024-05-15 18:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621085 Samantha Lemke samlemke01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621107 Very few characters

]]> 2024-05-15 18:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621107 Aiden Henz aidhenz01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621160 shift/character development

]]> 2024-05-15 18:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621160 Amelia Halverson amehalverson01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621259 Brief length (a few paragraphs to two pages)

]]> 2024-05-15 18:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621259 sensory ellbentzen01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621273 2024-05-15 18:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621273 maddie madfritel01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621314 The 5's setting, situation, sensory detail simile, shift

]]> 2024-05-15 18:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621314 Emma Kotrba emmkotrba01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621319 Short short descriptions

]]> 2024-05-15 18:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621319 ollzander01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621353 Extremely short. From a sentence to a page.

]]> 2024-05-15 18:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621353 isazehoski01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621487 What is left out is often as important as what is present on the page

]]> 2024-05-15 18:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621487 sylnavratil01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621644 1-2 pages

]]> 2024-05-15 18:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621644 Ruby Curtis rubcurtis01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621772 Quick and simple stories, but with a twist/change at the end.

]]> 2024-05-15 18:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621772 eliwessling01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621780 Jumping straight into the middle of the story with little character and world building.

]]> 2024-05-15 18:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621780 Braden N branelson01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621825 Sensory Details


]]> 2024-05-15 18:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621825 norms samostendorf01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621838 The middle of the story is where your story "starts"

]]> 2024-05-15 18:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621838 sarsmith01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621929 Playing into the readers emotions

]]> 2024-05-15 18:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621929 Lily Clarine lilclarine01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621982 Put the ending in the middle

]]> 2024-05-15 18:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994621982 sylnavratil01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622000 You don't introduce characters.

]]> 2024-05-15 18:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622000 Maddie madfritel01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622017 Starts in the middle

]]> 2024-05-15 18:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622017 emma cerezo emmcerezo01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622047 slips between the cracks of categorization

]]> 2024-05-15 18:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622047 Aden Khamdamov adekhamdamov01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622092 Make sure the ending isn't at the end

]]> 2024-05-15 18:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622092 Amelia Halverson amehalverson01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622210 A really strong hook

]]> 2024-05-15 18:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622210 Sophia V sopvinlove01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622257 purpose is to plunge the reader into a situation

]]> 2024-05-15 18:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622257 Braden Nelson branelson01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622262 Do not spend too much time describing characters.

]]> 2024-05-15 18:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622262 codkoch01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622442 thrown into the middle of a situation

]]> 2024-05-15 18:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622442 ellie ellpeckham01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622535 never over before it begins

]]> 2024-05-15 18:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622535 Emma Kotrba emmkotrba01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622619 It often begins after it ends

]]> 2024-05-15 18:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622619 samostendorf01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622824 have a strong hook

]]> 2024-05-15 18:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622824 codkoch01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622861 very short. up to a page

]]> 2024-05-15 18:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622861 ollzander01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622909 the most famous example is by Ernest Hemmingway "Baby shoes: for sale, never used."

Hits a bit close to home for me. :(

]]> 2024-05-15 18:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622909 Lily Clarine lilclarine01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622983 What is purposefully left out of the story is important too

]]> 2024-05-15 18:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994622983 Samantha Lemke samlemke01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994623042 The story begins after it is over. It should leave the reader thinking about it for longer than it took to read it.

]]> 2024-05-15 18:16:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994623042 codkoch01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994623207 dialouge

]]> 2024-05-15 18:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994623207 ellie ellpeckham01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994623212 allow the reader to fill in the gaps

]]> 2024-05-15 18:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994623212 eliwessling01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994623592 Only including characters that are needed

]]> 2024-05-15 18:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994623592 Andrew Burquest andburquest01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994626708 End on a cliff hanger

]]> 2024-05-15 18:19:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2994626708 leacarter01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2996110178 similes

]]> 2024-05-16 14:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2996110178 leacarter01 https://padlet.com/lajohnson26/r9hpver1sg50m8im/wish/2996110704 half a page: 100-150 words

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