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Flash fiction deep dive: Write your best title yet

Flash fiction deep dive: Write your best title yet

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Freya J Morris
Jun 21, 2023
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Flash fiction deep dive: Write your best title yet
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In 2016, Ingrid Jendrzejewski won second place in the UK’s National Flash Fiction micro competition with a title that had 53 words in it, and one word in the story itself. I have never forgotten it, mainly because you rarely come across such sharp comedy, but also because you rarely come across such audacity too. I have been in awe ever since… But why does it work so well? How did she do it?

Well let’s take a deep dive in to the story and titles:

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