Freewriting Friday: Expanding Your Story from a Snapshot

Dig deeper beyond the photo frame to tell your story

Ellie Jacobson
Flint and Steel
Published in
4 min readMay 6, 2022

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Graphic made by Ellie Jacobson

“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.”
Eudora Welty

May is National Photography month, so I’m drawing this month’s freewriting exercise from snapshots. I would describe myself as an amateur…

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Ellie Jacobson
Flint and Steel

Editor at Flash Fiction Magazine & Intrepidus Ink | Flint & Steel editor | MFA candidate working on first novel | mom to 2 kitties, 2 teenage sons & many cats