Unlocking the Novella-in-Flash: from Blank Page to Finished Manuscript

Unlocking the Novella-in-Flash: from Blank Page to Finished Manuscript is the first ever full roadmap for creating your own novella composed of flash fictions, or very short stories. Whether you’ve written a novella-in-flash before, or are a beginner newly experimenting, this flexible, step-by-step craft guide will support you to produce a high-quality manuscript of linked narratives.

• Winner of the 2024 Independent Press Award for Writing and Publishing
• Winner of the 2023 Cadmus Book Award for ‘Non-Fiction: Crafting/Hobbies/How-To’ books
• Winner of the 2023 Best Indie Book Award for ‘Non-Fiction: How-To’ books
• Reader Views Literary Awards 2023 – Silver Award for Writing/Publishing
• National Indie Excellence Awards 2023 – Finalist
• Next Generation Indie Book Awards – Finalist
• International Book Awards 2023 – Finalist

‘This is it, writers. This is all you need if you’re even thinking of writing a novella-in-flash. Michael Loveday has written the destined-to-become-a-classic bible on the form.’ (Kathy Fish, author of Wild Life: Collected Works)

‘An extraordinarily useful resource… Highly recommended for all writers, all teachers of creative writing, and anyone interested in new forms of expression.’ (David Gaffney, author of Out of the Dark and Sawn-Off Tales)

‘A beautifully written and practical guide for novella-in-flash writers. Michael Loveday effortlessly unlocks the secrets of this ever-evolving form of storytelling that is coming of age in our time.’ (Bambo Soyinka, Professor of Story, Bath Spa University)

‘Writers have been waiting for this book and we didn’t know it… Unlocking the Novella-in-Flash is destined to join the canon of invaluable books on writing.’ (Pamela Painter, author of Fabrications: New and Selected Stories)