Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook

by David Galef

Book Overview

In Brevity, David Galef provides a guide to writing flash fiction, from tips on technique to samples by canonical and contemporary authors to provocative prompts that inspire powerful stories in a little space. Galef traces the genre back to its varied origins, from the short-short to nanofiction, with examples that include vignettes, prose poems, character sketches, fables, lists, twist stories, surrealism, and metafiction. The authors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231179693
• ISBN13: 9780231179690
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.5"