What the Heck is Flash Fiction February?
Every year I make the same new year’s resolution: Make writing a habit. Or just write more. Or share more. Or some chimera of all three. And every year I mean well and then thanks to a lifetime of ADHD, the real world being a mess, and personal life drama, something gets in the way.
This year, to help in easing into a habit I’ve decided to give myself a little challange (and anyone who wants to join in) to write, even a rough draft, one piece of flash fiction every day in February, as a warm up to my reuglar writing time, or on days I don’t normally work.
Each piece will be written based just on a single word. Think in the vein of how artists use October as a month of practice and progress using a prompt list. You can eaither plan ahead and draft things out, or go with your gut feeling when you sit down for the day to work.
What Constitutes Flash Fiction?
For my purposes, something between 500-1500 words. Some sources limit that to more like 1000, so your milage may vary. I like to say 1500 becuase some of my favorite shorter pieces I’ve written the last couple of years hit the 1200 mark.
I was Told There was a List?
There totally is after the break! I made a list of 28 prompts (+1 authors choice for the leap year). But, find a generator/list that speaks to you! And don’t force yourself to go in order. If a prompt speaks to you, jump to it. Or, randomly generate a number/fresh word each day and go from there! As far as challanges go, this is for practice and habit
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