Further to my CFT post about Interviews on Friday, I am delighted to share the link with a podcast interview of yours truly by Scottish crime writer, Wendy H Jones.
Wendy has started a new podcast called The Writing and Marketing Show and it does exactly what it says on the tin, so to speak. (Her podcast host is Buzzsprout – love that name!).
Naturally I am talking about my great love, flash fiction. I also share some thoughts on competitions and other tips I hope will prove useful to people. I’m Episode 4 – How to Write Flash Fiction – but do check the other episodes out. If you want insights into the writing world, this show is a great place for that. The link at the end of this post will take you straight into the Flash Fiction episode but there is an All Episodes link on the top left hand corner of that page to take you to the others.
Episodes come out on Wednesdays. I use Stitcher for listening to podcasts, which is something new to me, but, given I’ve always loved radio, is a natural progression. I’m mainly using a phone app for this but have used it on my PC too. I always like flexibility of form!
A big thank you to Wendy for inviting me on to her show. It was my first experience of being interviewed for a podcast and it was great fun to take part, though both of us were afflicted by the dreaded lurgy. Still as the old saying goes, the show must go on!
Episode 4 – How to Write Flash Fiction
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That’s an interesting podcast, Allison. Hope you are past the cold now.
Our new writing group in Kandy got 2 new members this week. One of them is dyslexia. Ok, oxymorons and all that but this guy really has a gift for storytelling and does it through ‘comics’. There is a more PC, less disparaging word for comics now but I don’t know what it is.
Cutting out words to make stories shorter is fun. There are so many unnecessary words and if they are cut, the important words stand out.
Many thanks, Mike. Great news about your writing group. I think the term you’re after is graphic novel. An excellent form. Neil Gaiman is renowned for them and, as with flash, every word has to punch its weight. Again could be a great form for drawing in reluctant readers.
Tight writing is disciplined writing. Every form benefits from it too.