Prompt #7

Let’s talk about revision!

Yes, we know it might seem easy to just whip up a piece of fiction that’s under 300 words, but trust us, to make a great piece of flash fiction, it takes time and dedication. Most times it also takes lots and lots of revision. So, this week, instead of starting something new, let’s work on something old. Take out that piece of flash fiction you wrote last week or last month or last year, dust off those cobwebs, and let’s get to work!

PROMPT:

Using a piece of flash fiction you’ve already started – or finished! – go back in and read it out loud. Read it again. And again. Consider this: is your story working on more than one level? Does every word that’s there need to be there? If you were reading this particular piece, would the title/first sentence make you want to keep reading? If not, what can you do to change it and make it grab you? Revise, revise, revise.

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