Friday
Poets have long known of the power of the anagram as a catalyst for a new work. By moving and shifting the letters in a word or title they find new words and create new meanings. Here's a chance for us prose writers to share a little of the fun and inspiration too.
Pick a word or phrase of between 9 to 11 letters). Then write a flash based on the new words created by shifting the letters around. Use as many, or a s few, of the words you find. You can be strict about it, using only those words found in your list. Or you could sprinkle your words around like seasoning.
For the Scrabble challenged, like myself, the Internet is here to save the day. The anagram generator at EasyPeasy.com can help you find hundreds of words from which to create your new flash.
http://www.easypeasy.com/anagrams/input.php?name=
About the Author
Rich Grohowski graduated from Kutztown University with degrees in English and Geography, two things for which no one wants to pay you money. So, naturally, he's hoping to hit the big bucks in flash fiction. Along with recently finishing his Teaching Certification at Immaculata University, he is an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) candidate at Rosemont College. His non-fiction writing about food, culture, real estate, and interesting personal histories (pretty much anything, really) has appeared in magazines, newspapers, and even a couple of books.For further reading, check out FlashFiction.Net's suggested readings of flash fiction and prose poetry collections, anthologies, and craft books, by clicking here.
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