Flash Xer (Flash Fiction Exercise List) is for lesson sessions and exercises for creating flash fiction (aka micro, sudden, skinny, postcard, fast, furious fiction and short-short stories).

The pieces created will be short--500 words more or less, but nothing submitted will be over 1,000 words. Some exercises will result in complete short-shorts, and some will result in partial stories. The main thing is to read the lesson information and then try applying the chosen concept through the exercises posted.

Participation is mandatory. We want no lurkers but want instead serious participants--beginner to more advanced, but serious about improving in the craft of writing short pieces. Those not meeting minimum requirements each month will be unsubscribed.

All members must be 18 or over and all must use real names (no aliases or pseudonyms). Members agree to give helpful and tactful critiques (no flaming or insulting), and the list is not to be used for soliciting or spamming or advertising.

Further, prospective members must agree that posts to this workshop are NOT to be distributed elsewhere (except for your own work, of course). Violation of any of these rules will get you unsubscribed immediately. We take copyrights seriously here.

This list is a branch of the Flash Fiction Writing Workshop: http://home.att.net/~p.casto Members can belong to one or both lists (if they meet the requirements for the main workshop). See URL for more info on the main Flash Fiction Writing Workshop.

We don't have automatic subscription. If you apply to this workshop (a free service to serious writers) you'll receive further information on joining the Flash Fiction Exercise List.