Jo Bodley led a lively flash fiction writing session on a warm summer evening. Jo, whose pieces have achieved success in competitions, gave an introduction to writing flash including some interesting hints on what makes good pieces.
Then we did an exercise, chosing the short limit of 100 words. Prompts included ‘Far and Wide’ (catchy title, that), ‘Then you were gone’, ‘Then the roof fell in’ and ‘My coffee cup’. We each produced and read two short stories – or in Mike’s case several, including some he had prepared earlier. Ethel read an excellent one from an absent friend.
Stella plans to include some of the results in the newsletter she is going to produce.