Flash+CNF

The following materials will assist on your journey of creating and crafting high-impact micro-memoirs.

 * ===Flash Memoir Helpful Hints=== || [[file:Flash CNF Helpful Hints.pdf]] ||
 * ===Six Tips for Crafting Scenes=== || [[file:Six Tips for Crafting Scenes by Laurie Hertzel.pdf]] ||

= __The Importance of Leads in Flash Writing__ =

Because of the condensed nature of Flash writing, every single word counts. No words count quite as much as the lead, or the first sentence. Leads need to hook the reader and drag them in right away. They need to be compelling and provocative (not salacious or disingenuous, though).

= __Essays On the Craft__ =

Writing Brief: Notes on Past and Future Brevity Submissions by Linda Norlen

On the "Speedy" Narrative by Jeff Gundy

On Miniatures by Lia Purpura

__**Noteworthy Flash Publications**__
Brevity : A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction

Flashquake : A Literary & Art Journal for the Briefest of Forms

__Published Flash CNF Written by Former ENG 256 Students for the Flash CNF Assignment__
"Paperwork" by Sarah Arthur

"Heart Scars" by Michelle Bryant

"Red Tears" by Melissa St. Pierre

__Published Flash CNF Written by the Instructor__
"A List of Things to Do the Day Your Grandmother Dies"

"My Hope, Not His"

= __Grading Flash CNF__ =

Your grade for this project will be based upon how effectively and successfully you address the following elements in your work:


 * Understanding of the Flash Helpful Hints document above.
 * Crafting of Scene Elements
 * Inclusion of Dialogue (inner, outer, or both)
 * Narrative Form
 * Pace
 * Lead/Hook
 * Grammar and Spelling (Because this is ENG 256, the standard is this: Perfection. Act like a professional, not an amateur, in this category! Your work will be "Rejected" otherwise.)