This  exploration of this form–âWhat is Flash Fictionâ from  the popular website Reedsy–offers a concise explanation of the different types of categories of flash fiction using word lengths:
- Flash fiction: Max 1500 words.
- Sudden fiction: Max 750 words.
- Drabble, or microfiction: Max 100 words.
- Dribble, or minisaga: Max 50 words.
- Twitterature: Max 280 characters.
- Six-word story: Any story with a single-digit word count is a category unto itself.
Scroll down the rather busy page to find ârulesâ for writing flash fiction, such as: Do Tell a Story; Do Not Tell Too Much, and Do Write with the Form in Mind.
Like our other resource from Fiction Southeast, this reading offers important elements of flash fiction. Â Here, characteristics of the form are defined as:
- Intense prose,
- Attentive language,
- A shining narrative voice,
- A powerful, central image, and
- The amplest meaning in the fewest words.
(Note: Your future Fiction Assignment will include the option of writing a series of Flash Fiction, so take note!)
https://blog.reedsy.com/what-is-flash-fiction/
