{"id":1688,"date":"2022-06-18T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2022-06-18T12:00:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T11:00:46","slug":"scene-afterwards-scene-beforehand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/06\/18\/scene-afterwards-scene-beforehand\/","title":{"rendered":"Scene Afterwards\/Scene Beforehand"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Just in case you weren’t busy enough at The Write-In<\/a>, as part of National Flash Fiction Day 2022, Michael Loveday, author of the craft guide Unlocking the Novella-in-Flash: from Blank Page to Finished Manuscript<\/a> (Ad Hoc Fiction 2022), has been kind enough to share a three-part writing prompt with us that might help kick-start a novella-in-flash from individual flashes….<\/em><\/p>\n

Scene Afterwards\/Scene Beforehand<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

\"'Always<\/p>\n

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New sparks can arise when we use one flash fiction as a catalyst for another, and connect them into an extended sequence. As part of National Flash Fiction Day celebrations, why not try the following writing prompt\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

PART ONE:<\/strong>
\nSet aside some time and space to think laterally and imaginatively.<\/p>\n

Focus your attention upon one favourite flash that you\u2019ve already written.<\/p>\n

(You might like to pick one that you\u2019ve previously submitted to a NFFD anthology, competition, or to Flash Flood; and\/or you might pick a flash fiction containing a character or situation that you\u2019re particularly fond of, or curious about.)<\/p>\n

PART TWO:<\/strong>
\nEITHER:<\/em><\/p>\n

(a) Imagine a moment\/an action\/an event taking place some time after the scene in the original flash, and write a new flash using the same character(s) as a foundation.<\/p>\n

You might set the new scene in the same location or situation, but allow some time to have elapsed in between (it\u2019s up to you how much), so it feels like this new flash is beginning afresh in a new moment.<\/p>\n

OR:<\/em><\/p>\n

(b) Imagine a moment\/an action\/an event taking place before the original flash. Again, write a scene using the same character(s) as a foundation, maintaining a time gap between the two pieces.<\/p>\n

Across the source flash and the newly generated flash, allow the story\/situation to move forward. Let one flash develop the ingredients that are in the other. Explore what\u2019s beyond the margins of the source flash.
\nDepending on whether the new scene is set before or after, consider:<\/p>\n