Chloe Testa asked Marc Nash:

Why flash fiction, specifically? What of this genre/form draws you to it most?

Marc Nash I didn't start off writing flash, it sort of developed during the gaps between my novel writing. But having encountered it, I found it only informed all my writing. The beauty of flash is you have no time but to dive in, no time to set up with an introduction, no room for long descriptions. Therefore it places a high importance on word usage which appeals to me anyway. And the length of 1000 words allows you to really examine a central theme or metaphor from several different facets and really get to the meat of the thing. It can be so intense.

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