Unlocking the Novella-in-Flash

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

Unlocking the Novella-in-Flash 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.

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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

Winner of the Reader Views Literary Award 2023 – Silver Award for Writing/Publishing

Finalist – Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2023

Finalist – National Indie Excellence Awards 2023

Finalist – International Book Awards 2023

Praise for Unlocking the Novella-in-Flash

“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

“Michael Loveday is our foremost champion of the cutting-edge literary form of the novella-in-flash, and in this practical, hands-on guide he takes both the new flash fiction writer, and the seasoned pro, through the process of turning discrete moments of inspiration into a cohesive, coherent whole...”

—Rishi Dastidar, author of Saffron Jack and editor of The Craft: A Guide to Making Poetry Happen in the 21st Century

“I guarantee that this book will become a staple in the reading diet of every flash fiction writer.”

—Johanna Robinson, author of Homing

“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, and co-author of What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers

“I know good teaching, and folks, this is it.”

—Kendall Johnson at MacQueen’s Quinterly

“[T]his brilliant guide… detailed, informative…I have never been so excited to start a workbook!”

—Jonathan Cardew, Bending Genres

“[A] joyful endorsement to leap in, swim deep, see where you end up and enjoy getting there.”

—Judy Darley, SkyLightRain

“My copy is plastered in yellow stickies and I will be continually returning and delving into different sections of this craft guide again and again… [A]n excellent guide to writing a novella-in-flash, and so much more… think of it as a guide to writing good fiction and developing any narrative form.”

—Tracy Fells, The Literary Pig

“[J]am-packed full of knowledge…this book finds that sweet spot where most writers would feel empowered…[A]ll-encompassing, motivational and in-depth.. worth its weight in gold…”

—Matt Kendrick

“There is magic in what Loveday says in his craft book.”

—John Brantingham, The Journal of Radical Wonder

“Michael Loveday’s book is a perfect resource...Loveday does something different: here, readers are provided with a complete course which will, hopefully, result in a novella-in- flash being written... it is certainly money well spent.”

—Matthew Tett, Writing in Education

“This book is a classic…a five-star resource that will help thousands of writers produce the best possible version of their creative work”

—Lily Andrews, Reader Views

“One of the bits of genius in Loveday’s conception of our working lives is that we can come to the deeper meaning of ourselves through the act of creation”

—John Brantingham, MacQueen’s Quinterly