Going Short

An Invitation to Flash Fiction

By: Nancy Stohlman

Narrated by: Nancy Stohlman

Flash fiction is changing the way we tell stories. Carving away the excess, eliminating all but the most essential, flash fiction is putting the story through a literary dehydrator, leaving the meat without the fat. And it only looks easy.

Enter Going Short: An Invitation to Flash Fiction. In this, her treatise on the form, veteran writer Nancy Stohlman takes us on a flash fiction journey: from creating, sculpting, revising, and collecting stories to best practices for writers in any genre. It is both instructive and conversational, witty and practical, and presented in flash fiction chapters that demonstrate the form as they discuss it. If you’re already a flash fiction lover, this book will be a dose of inspiration. If you teach flash fiction, you’ll want it as part of your repertoire. And if you’re new to the form, you might just find yourself ready to begin.

©2020 Nancy Stohlman (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

I love it!

I've taken away so much from this book in general and I'm very excited to get the audible. To hear Nancy's narrative and voice really helps confirm for me the lessons within this book. I highly recommend this audible for those that have interest in expressing and channeling their ability to be a creative and writer. Within the first few minutes I was engaged and learning. I don't want to spoil the content however, I'll say I love it!.

Delightful and inspiring.

I am not a writer but wanted to read the book for a variety of reasons including the fact that I heard it may inspire creativity in general which it did for me. Additionally, the Going Short concepts are a road map for how to experience what is most important and essential in every day life. I loved the book.