I was having a discussion on Twitter about the fact that flash fiction seems to be taking precedence over short stories, but additionally, the length of flashes themselves is also reducing, resulting in more drabbles appearing online. The big question seemed to be…why is this? I think there are two main reasons behind the decreasing […]
word count
Word counts can be your friend
I was talking to Helen Howell, Adam Byatt and Larry Kollar last night about word counts, particularly since I was pleased I’d managed to put in 1800 words on my sequel to The Guns of Retribution. It sounds like a lot, but I’ve been working on a schedule of 500 words per day. It’s a […]
