Just reading about flash fiction - short stories that are very, very short.
To fit the genre, you need plot, characters, conflict and resolution. A writer like Ernest Hemmingway can pull it off in six words:
"For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn."
Nice
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Neil Baker is a writer and freelance journalist. He lives in the leafy countryside near London, England. He writes mostly about business, management, technology, law and society. His work appears in magazines around the world, and he is available for corporate hire. When not writing, Neil runs marathons. He has the fittest dog in the area.
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It is actually:
For Sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.
Punctuation is everything.
Posted by: Scott | October 04, 2006 at 08:09 PM