032. Flash Fiction with Allison Spooner
Author Allison Spooner shares tips and tools to complete your writing
Introductions
- NaNoWriMo and flash fiction
- Allison Spooner is the author of Flash in the Dark and The Problem with Humans
- Find Allison online at spoonfulstyle.com or @allyspoon
Outsource your writing parameters
- Accountability through writing groups, events, and contests
- Benefits of deadlines, prompts, settings, and other writing constraints
- Outlining and other ways to complete a novel in small pieces
- Writing exercises and parameters that help you get better with practice
- Telling a story with Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey
- Tips for writing when you need some structure
Methods for practicing writing
- Look for random writing prompts online or in your physical environment
- Start small, like 500 words
- Go to writing events near you
- Try writing at different times and with different techniques to find what works best for you
- Donald Miller's 5 Writing Tips
- Make your customer the hero of your business' stories
- Write for fun, define writing success for you, and a little progress is still progress
- Scale up to make a novel
- One flash fiction story per day will help you reach your NaNoWriMo goal
- Come up with writing prompts for the whole month in advance