Flash in the Pan
Writing your own Crime Flash Fiction
Let’s have some fun with a bit of a different panel. I, Hector Duarte, Jr., will discuss a bit of the history of flash fiction. What it is and what it isn’t. What it leaves out and what it leaves up to the reader. Then I will go into some detail of what makes crime flash fiction so and how to make it happen on paper.
The idea for this “panel”—more of a workshop, really—is to get folks participating. What does that mean? Well, get ready to write, gather in groups, and discuss short writing exercises I will be guiding you through. We’re all friends here at Captivating Criminality. What better way to get social than to discuss your own personal pieces of writing?
Bring in a pen, a notebook, and your sinister imagination. Let’s see what happens. A little nervous about the process? No worries. This will take place during the wine reception, which should soften you up some and make for interesting writing. The idea here, folks, is to have fun. I’m looking forward to this session and can’t wait to see where it goes. Cheers. ~ Hector
Hector Duarte, Jr. is a writer out of Miami, Florida. To keep himself financially stable, he teaches English to seventh graders. To keep himself mentally stable, he reads, and writes, as many stories as he can. His work has appeared in Flash: The International Short Story Magazine, Sliver of Stone, Foliate Oak, Shotgun Honey, Shadows and Light: An Anthology to Benefit Women’s Aid UK, The Whimsical Project, Spelk Fiction, HorrorSleazeTrash, Pulp Metal Magazine, and The Rumpus. Hector is a flash fiction editor at The Flash Fiction Offensive.
He has lectured at The Crime Fiction Here and There and Again Conference in Gdansk, Poland; the second and third Captivating Criminality Conferences in Corsham, England, and Theorizing the Popular at Liverpool’s Hope University. He has also moderated panels at Miami Book Fair and the AWP Conference in Los Angeles.
He loves his cat, Felina, very much.
Let’s have some fun with a bit of a different panel. I, Hector Duarte, Jr., will discuss a bit of the history of flash fiction. What it is and what it isn’t. What it leaves out and what it leaves up to the reader. Then I will go into some detail of what makes crime flash fiction so and how to make it happen on paper.
The idea for this “panel”—more of a workshop, really—is to get folks participating. What does that mean? Well, get ready to write, gather in groups, and discuss short writing exercises I will be guiding you through. We’re all friends here at Captivating Criminality. What better way to get social than to discuss your own personal pieces of writing?
Bring in a pen, a notebook, and your sinister imagination. Let’s see what happens. A little nervous about the process? No worries. This will take place during the wine reception, which should soften you up some and make for interesting writing. The idea here, folks, is to have fun. I’m looking forward to this session and can’t wait to see where it goes. Cheers. ~ Hector
Hector Duarte, Jr. is a writer out of Miami, Florida. To keep himself financially stable, he teaches English to seventh graders. To keep himself mentally stable, he reads, and writes, as many stories as he can. His work has appeared in Flash: The International Short Story Magazine, Sliver of Stone, Foliate Oak, Shotgun Honey, Shadows and Light: An Anthology to Benefit Women’s Aid UK, The Whimsical Project, Spelk Fiction, HorrorSleazeTrash, Pulp Metal Magazine, and The Rumpus. Hector is a flash fiction editor at The Flash Fiction Offensive.
He has lectured at The Crime Fiction Here and There and Again Conference in Gdansk, Poland; the second and third Captivating Criminality Conferences in Corsham, England, and Theorizing the Popular at Liverpool’s Hope University. He has also moderated panels at Miami Book Fair and the AWP Conference in Los Angeles.
He loves his cat, Felina, very much.
