Length5h 20m
About this audiobook
Do you write short fiction but long to s-t-r-e-t-c-h those tight little 55ers, flash pieces, and short stories into longer, publishable work? Do you have binders full of short pieces with characters you'd love to flesh out? Are you dying to tell the rest of these stories?
If so,
The Short and Long of Itis for you!
Award-winning short fiction writer Paul Alan Fahey shows you how to expand and adapt your brief creations into longer, more satisfying stories, plays, novellas, and novels pitch perfect for publication in the e-age.
This book will help you practice expanding your short fiction. Through detailed examples and hands-on exercises, you'll learn how to:
Adapt 55 fiction into flash fiction;Adapt flash fiction into short stories and plays;Adapt flash memoir into personal essays;Write a tight logline;Develop a story theme;Build three-act structure; andDevelop characters and enhance backstory.So grab a copy today and start writing longer stories tomorrow!
Audiobook details
GenreOther
Length5 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 30, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Part 1: The Short Forms
3Chapter 1: 55 Fiction
4December 8, 1980, 5:59 P.M. by David Congalton
5The More Things Change by Christine M. Ahern
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6Grapplemeyer by Shirley Powell
7Your Turn Now
8After the Exercise
9A Tale of One Alley by Paul Alan Fahey
10A Tale of One Alley by Paul Alan Fahey (revised)
11The Road Not Taken by Paul Alan Fahey
12No Biz Like Show Biz by Paul Alan Fahey
13Making a Comeback by Paul Alan Fahey
14Addis Ababa by Paul Alan Fahey
15Flight of the Mockingbird by Paul Alan Fahey
16Car Trouble by Paul Alan Fahey
17Sup'osin by Paul Alan Fahey
18A Cry for Help by Paul Alan Fahey
19Expand your 55 Fiction to a 100-Word Summary
20Artistic License by Paul Alan Fahey
21Artistic License by Paul Alan Fahey (expanded)
22Garden Reach by Paul Alan Fahey (excerpt)
23Your Turn Now
24Chapter 2: Flash Fiction
25Examples of Flash Fiction
26Carpathia by Jesse Lee Kercheval
27Bye by Willy Bruijns
28The Most Dangerous Time by Sue McGinty
29Figment by Susan Tuttle
30Anatomy of a Flash
31Circle of Women by Paul Alan Fahey
32Ladies of the Mesa by Paul Alan Fahey
33Sisters by Paul Alan Fahey
34Whodunit? by Paul Alan Fahey
35Send Your Camel to Bed by Paul Alan Fahey
36Moonlighting by Paul Alan Fahey
37Mr. Withy's Justice by Paul Alan Fahey
38Nevermore by Paul Alan Fahey
39Nevermore, Dearest by Paul Alan Fahey
40Your Turn Now
41Chapter 3: Loglines, Themes, and Three-Act Structure
42Story Logline or Through Line
43Your Turn Now
44Theme
45Your Turn Now
46Three-Act Structure
47Your Turn Now
48Part 2: Expanding and Adapting Short Fiction
49Chapter 4: Flash Fiction to Short Plays
50Close Your Eyes and Think of England by Paul Alan Fahey
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