tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post5607756456865162764..comments2024-02-09T19:43:19.860-05:00Comments on DEFENDING THE PEN: HOW I WRITE FLASH FICTIONYolanda Renéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-32009768209979320322015-08-03T00:32:12.878-04:002015-08-03T00:32:12.878-04:00Glad to hear not bad today. Wooho.
Thanks. I did ...Glad to hear not bad today. Wooho.<br /><br />Thanks. I did a 3rd one sunday late afternoon. Sound, focus and movement. Oh my.The Happy Whiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438469476168485775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-73480384271603149462015-08-01T08:50:16.369-04:002015-08-01T08:50:16.369-04:00Happy flashing sounds perfect! You too Gary, take ...Happy flashing sounds perfect! You too Gary, take care of Penny, she's most precious! Thanks for the continued support - you never cease to amaze!Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-3896130643938051312015-08-01T08:48:38.563-04:002015-08-01T08:48:38.563-04:00Sounds like good advice. Be the ball! :)
Rattle up...Sounds like good advice. Be the ball! :)<br />Rattle up something good - no not hot stuff, just bad when it comes to picking first dates! LOLYolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-43485021085160686342015-07-30T18:43:48.940-04:002015-07-30T18:43:48.940-04:00Not bad today, staying cool and hydrated. I love y...Not bad today, staying cool and hydrated. I love your video blogs, or your almost video blogs! :)Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-44333651187395535422015-07-30T17:42:09.150-04:002015-07-30T17:42:09.150-04:00You do them well. Generally, I don't read much...You do them well. Generally, I don't read much fiction online, but yours I am diggin'.<br /><br />Just waiting for the rice to finish cooking. How goes you today?The Happy Whiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438469476168485775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-23959311933345414252015-07-29T18:32:01.664-04:002015-07-29T18:32:01.664-04:00I'm reminded of an old movie. Well, not remind...I'm reminded of an old movie. Well, not reminded very WELL, because I can't remember which movie it was, or who was in it. (Some memory, huh?) Anyhow, there's a line in there where the guy (Bill Murray, maybe?) says, "Be the ball! Be the ball!" Sounds similar to your process when writing flash fiction. <br /><br />I've never tried that sort of writing, but it sounds kinda fun. I'll check out those challenges and the blog hop later. Time to get out in that kitchen to rattle them pots and pans right now.<br /><br />Oh, and you must be some hot stuff, girl! Three first-date proposals??? Verrrrry impressive. :) Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-41523116827721445742015-07-29T17:48:16.233-04:002015-07-29T17:48:16.233-04:00Hey Yolanda,
Sincere apologies for not being arou...Hey Yolanda,<br /><br />Sincere apologies for not being around much lately. In fact, you've been so prolific of late that I can barely keep up. Yikes! :)<br /><br />Now that I actually know what "flash fiction" actually is, my oh my, you do it well, Yolanda. <br /><br />Any writing I might do these days, which is rather a little, is helped by the overseeing of my writing my Penny the Jack Russell dog and modest internet superstar! :) <br /><br />Happy flashing, Yolanda. Did that sound right? LOL<br /><br />Gary :) klahaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613505424843475639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-24911854460820745302015-07-29T16:57:43.997-04:002015-07-29T16:57:43.997-04:00Hi Crystal, I love them all, and that's the fu...Hi Crystal, I love them all, and that's the fun, always leave the reader wanting more!Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-21959591740492782632015-07-29T16:56:42.371-04:002015-07-29T16:56:42.371-04:00Hi Michelle, Me too, the bigger the challenge the ...Hi Michelle, Me too, the bigger the challenge the better!Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-63741265935426172842015-07-29T12:42:35.763-04:002015-07-29T12:42:35.763-04:00Prompts do it for me - everytime!
I LOVE my flash ...Prompts do it for me - everytime!<br />I LOVE my flash fiction. <br />The shorter, the more exciting!Michelle Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750092836481599870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-32951239399306272242015-07-29T11:27:11.255-04:002015-07-29T11:27:11.255-04:00I LOVE flash fiction, but my preferred length is m...I LOVE flash fiction, but my preferred length is more like 500 to 1500 words. As much as I love stories told in just a couple sentences, I want more. Crystal Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912469552483168148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-66219134359901534392015-07-29T10:34:43.979-04:002015-07-29T10:34:43.979-04:00Hey Denise, thanks, I do enjoy writing FF. As far ...Hey Denise, thanks, I do enjoy writing FF. As far as three proposals, two were on a first date, and the third was during a computer lab assignment in college. Silly really, but these guys seemed to be drawn to an independent adventurous woman, too drawn to, if you know what I mean. Where others were put off. One really hot guy I was looking forward to dating was so put off by my desire to experience life he never asked me out again. Made me very sad. He told me his desire was to get a job at the same steel mill his dad worked at and settle down with a wife and kids. I answered with what about seeing the world, travel, adventure? He looked at me as though I were crazy and said he had no desire to leave the valley. Never saw him again :(Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-73529814700168960972015-07-29T10:27:54.183-04:002015-07-29T10:27:54.183-04:00Hi Jo, I think anyone can. I was fearful to post t...Hi Jo, I think anyone can. I was fearful to post thinking my idea was silly, but all I really know is that it works for me.Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-91714906720557454402015-07-29T10:26:11.208-04:002015-07-29T10:26:11.208-04:00Hi Tara, good luck with the bald guy and the kitch...Hi Tara, good luck with the bald guy and the kitchen appliances. Sounds hilarious just with that description. I actually wrote down the story about the cheese eating alligator, and he presented it at school. He loved it, and his imagination was bigger than mine. Still hoping for another writer to emerge, but he's busy with his job, girlfriend, and being twenty something. :)Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-47644737868886099542015-07-29T10:20:58.558-04:002015-07-29T10:20:58.558-04:00LOL, it's more of a statement about the type o...LOL, it's more of a statement about the type of men I dated than me. I'm nothing special, just made poor choices for dates. Thanks for stopping by Pat, I think crazy is cool!Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-35192192522104809582015-07-29T10:19:04.112-04:002015-07-29T10:19:04.112-04:00Hi Alex, that's when you make yourself part of...Hi Alex, that's when you make yourself part of the prompt. Try it, it works!Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-70086262272606369742015-07-29T10:18:13.668-04:002015-07-29T10:18:13.668-04:00Hey Sally, you write wonderful flashes. I hate tho...Hey Sally, you write wonderful flashes. I hate those spelling errors, but love that folks will point them out, I can read, re-read, and then read again, and still miss the obvious. :)Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-48702070942957818672015-07-29T10:16:26.187-04:002015-07-29T10:16:26.187-04:00Hi Nila, You're a busy, busy lady, but one day...Hi Nila, You're a busy, busy lady, but one day soon, you'll find some time! Enjoy your vacation! New inspiration for forthcoming stories and poems!Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-61292202758034848402015-07-29T10:15:02.683-04:002015-07-29T10:15:02.683-04:00Thanks Ivy, I enjoy it, just finished another for ...Thanks Ivy, I enjoy it, just finished another for Friday's Fictioneers.Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-76839624768919049092015-07-29T09:10:26.818-04:002015-07-29T09:10:26.818-04:00It's great to hear how you approach prompts Yo...It's great to hear how you approach prompts Yolanda. I really like your flashes. And impressive that you've been proposed to on 3 first dates. Spunk! :-)Denise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-39685390189483282612015-07-29T08:13:25.575-04:002015-07-29T08:13:25.575-04:00You make it sound so easy anyone could do it. I th...You make it sound so easy anyone could do it. I think the way you study the picture by using it that way is very clever. I always like your stories.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-36863108770550432612015-07-29T08:08:36.953-04:002015-07-29T08:08:36.953-04:00fabulous!! great tips! i will have to do this on o...fabulous!! great tips! i will have to do this on our upcoming trip! love the cheese-eating gator!<br />and i recentlly was prompted to write a comedy of horrors about a guy going bald and kitchen appliances... a hairy situation... ha!Tara Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587802105993889515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-74586364912712161752015-07-29T07:55:51.204-04:002015-07-29T07:55:51.204-04:00Wow, 3 times on the first date? Guess they just fe...Wow, 3 times on the first date? Guess they just fell for you right away lol Sounds like a great process indeed. I'm just crazy and once I get a word in my head, that's enough to get me going.Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-34356961639190174142015-07-29T07:38:32.075-04:002015-07-29T07:38:32.075-04:00You make it sound so easy. I admit I've never ...You make it sound so easy. I admit I've never written flash fiction because the prompt tends to make my mind go blank.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794648014067102242.post-49326218263084021272015-07-29T05:59:04.310-04:002015-07-29T05:59:04.310-04:00I love prompts, some are more difficult than other...I love prompts, some are more difficult than others, especially being from the UK and a lot of photos are US based. I usually bash something out, go away and do something else, read again, change words/wording or totally discard and start again. Once I think it's ready I'll publish on my blog and to Facebook. For this week's MFTS story that I posted on Facebook had a spelling mistake even after re-reading it several times, it was noticed and pointed out to me (with some jubilation in his voice) by my father. At least I know that one member of my family reads my stuff, ha, ha. Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090018804016223955noreply@blogger.com