Mise en scène: Flash Immersion - Day Seventeen

staging your flash

Happy Saturday, Immersionists!

Today, I’d like to look at the concept of mise en scène and a fabulous flash by Pamela Painter as an example. Our exercise is a fun one, aimed at developing and heightening this particular skill for our flash fiction writing.

Mise en scène & Creating a Tableau

It is said that Ginger Rogers had to do everything that Fred Astaire did only backwards and in high heels. Flash writers, with limited space at their disposal, have a similar challenge. We want to achieve the depth and resonance of short stories or novels. We want to make a similar impact on our readers. This means that every aspect of the writing needs to be especially deft, precise, on point, and effective.