Anyone entered the Flash Fiction competition?

by Jennifer Harvey
19th March 2013

I just sent in my attempt and was surprised at just how difficult it was to condense my ideas into a 200 word limit.

More difficult even than poetry which can be freed up by the form you chose to use.

But with fiction I found the constraints that much tighter. Which I did not expect. Makes it a great writing expercise though, that's for sure.

Has anyone else experienced this or do you find Flash Fiction easy to write?

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It was terrible!!! And really good to do at the same time.

I'm just hoping that the bones of the story are enough - and every word earns its keep.

I'm just letting it settle at the moment... we have a few more days, right?

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