Finding the right idea for your short story can be difficult. This difficulty leads to putting off writing which we sometimes call procrastination. Writer’s block. Nothing you write seems to be good enough because as we know it. We got it wrong from the beginning. The idea. When you find an idea you are faced […]
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Flash Fiction has grown with time to become a genre of literature that has its audience (readers) and dedicated magazines publishing flash fiction pieces to satisfy this audience. Microfiction, on the other hand, is growing and with time will become a distinctive genre with numerous websites and magazines to cater to its audience. When the […]
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31 May Writing Prompts for 2024
Are you looking for writing prompts designed for May? A collection of writing prompts for each day to help you write consistently throughout May. Creative Writing Prompts to put in you the feelings and festivity of the month(May). These prompts can be used for writing poetry, or narrative or you could decide to write freely […]
Writing flash fiction consistently is hard. When you finally muster the courage to write you are faced with the “no ideas problem”. Well, it is not that you don’t have ideas but they are not good enough to get you writing the flash pieces. When the idea comes it is usually in ones and twos. […]
Over the years shorter forms of fiction have gained popularity. We now have magazines that publish fifty-word stories. In comparison with the literary journals that publish short stories, it doesn’t look like much but with time the form will grow. As we speak of literary magazines let’s not also forget contests for 50 word stories. […]
The 100 word story form of Microfiction is growing particularly with the increasing audience for this form of writing. With or without time as a writer you still get to create a story absolute in its entirety and bold in brevity. Whether you choose to call it drabble or one hundred word story I got […]
Where Can I submit a 50 word story? If you write 50 word stories or have already written lots of them and you are looking for where to send your stories to and get them published. Here is a list of magazines and websites looking for 50 word story submissions. Where possible I have included […]
Where do I get fifty-word stories that reveal the typical nature of good 50 word stories? As 50-word stories grow in form and many writers are experimenting with the form to see how much story they can work with the form and length, the result is excellent and fresh stories that linger long after you […]
After writing your fifty word stories it’s time to connect your work to readers. One way of doing this is by submitting your story to a writing contest. Besides exposing your work to readers, if you win or your work is shortlisted you get to win some cool prizes in cash or kind. There are […]
When I started writing fifty-word stories I was looking for ideas that were not too big for fifty words. The ideas had to be right enough since I don’t have unlimited words to do whatever I want. I have to create within the confines of the words I have ( 50 words) In this blog […]
