ShortForm, Flash Fiction, and Drabbles

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and could even be as short as a few words.</p><p id="4139"><b>Other terms for short writing</b>:</p><p id="03a7">You can go even shorter: how about a 100-word story or even 50 words? Is it possible? Lots of people have been writing these, and they’re known by different names; <b>drabbles</b> (100 words), <b>mini-sags </b>(usually 50 or 60 words), and <b>micro stories</b> are just some of the more common terms.</p><p id="9a19">Learn more about the writing challenge on <a href="http://100words.com/guidelines.php">100words.com</a>. If you visit the 100words.com page, click on “About” and then on “Guidelines.”</p><p id="379b">Want to write short stories or articles on Medium? Keep in mind the rules about writing short form posts, especially if you’re trying to earn money from your writing:</p><p id="f7e3">“<a href="https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500001252562-About-shortform-content">Shortform posts</a> will not generate any views, reads, or average reading time statistics from views from the profile or publication feeds. It will only generate these statistics if a reader <i>clicks into the post</i>.”</p><p id="b760">Check out this information from a December 2020 article by Ritwik Dey:</p><p id="1364">“ To help shortform earn, we’re changing how it is displayed on profile and publication homepages. We think comic artists and poets will find this particularly helpful……If a story is under 150 words and metered, it will be truncated in a way that encourages readers to click through to its story page. It is important to note that unmetered shortform will not be affected by this update. For the entire art

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ShortForm, Flash Fiction, and Drabbles

Short stories with a purpose

Do you write short stories? What is the difference between short form, micro-fiction and flash fiction?

Whether you just enjoy mini plots that can be read while waiting at a traffic light (please don’t try that. Really!), or you have an attention problem and can’t finish long novels, you probably know all about the types of short stories that are designed to be read very quickly. But why so many categories? There’s quite a bit of overlap in definitions, so check for the rules of the publication you are writing for.

Flash Fiction:

Flash fiction is distinguished for its ability to convey deep truths and universal human emotions in just a few short paragraphs, and can even be defined as a very short story. While there is no set word count that separates flash fiction from more traditional short stories, flash fiction stories can be as short as a few words (while short stories typically run for several pages). Flash fiction is also known as sudden fiction, short-short stories, microfiction, or microstories.

Micro-fiction:

It’s a subset of flash fiction — those extremely short stories usually told in 1,000 words or less. Definitions do vary, but for the most part, microfiction is any story told in 300 words or less, and could even be as short as a few words.

Other terms for short writing:

You can go even shorter: how about a 100-word story or even 50 words? Is it possible? Lots of people have been writing these, and they’re known by different names; drabbles (100 words), mini-sags (usually 50 or 60 words), and micro stories are just some of the more common terms.

Learn more about the writing challenge on 100words.com. If you visit the 100words.com page, click on “About” and then on “Guidelines.”

Want to write short stories or articles on Medium? Keep in mind the rules about writing short form posts, especially if you’re trying to earn money from your writing:

“Shortform posts will not generate any views, reads, or average reading time statistics from views from the profile or publication feeds. It will only generate these statistics if a reader clicks into the post.”

Check out this information from a December 2020 article by Ritwik Dey:

“ To help shortform earn, we’re changing how it is displayed on profile and publication homepages. We think comic artists and poets will find this particularly helpful……If a story is under 150 words and metered, it will be truncated in a way that encourages readers to click through to its story page. It is important to note that unmetered shortform will not be affected by this update. For the entire article:

I personally LOVE reading flash fiction and short stories. Time is not the issue for me: it takes a really talented writer to condense a complicated story into just a few words. Try it. It’s not as easy as it sounds. If you do write flash fiction, I’d love to read it!

Have you tried it? Please leave your comments.