Now you are going to write your own flash fiction piece!

Remember to focus on one particular scene to encapsulate the story.

And remember too that you write best when you are writing about people and places and ideas that mean something to you personally. So even if you are making things up, choose a setting familiar to you, characters like people you know…

Here are some topics or ideas for ‘themes’ you need to choose from:

Don’t judge a book by its cover.

You can never run away from yourself…

My neighbour’s secret…

Be careful what you wish for

The secrets of the night

Love is blind

Maximum: 1000 words! Remember to SHOW rather than TELL and to edit carefully! Go back to read the beginning of the previous chapter (Flash fiction – an example) to remind yourself of the basics of flash fiction.