. . . Whether a piece qualifies as flash fiction on word count depends on who you ask. Everybody has their own opinion of what short means. Some of the popular fixed lengths for flash fiction have been 55, 100, and 300 words. Some people go as high as 1000 words.

. . . This is a separate factor and more of a style choice to be in the experimental category. Using names doesn't make the piece longer, can be necessary for clarity, and the choice of name can contribute information.

The main character suddenly has a problem.
He tries one thing to solve it and it doesn't work.
He tries another thing to solve it, and that makes things even worse.
The third time he tries, he has either learned something from his failures or obtained something from them, which makes it possible for him either to succeed or to choose a different outcome (the problem gets resolved in a negative but satisfactory way).

Once upon a time, something happened to someone, and he decided that he would pursue a goal. So he devised a plan of action, and even though there were forces trying to stop him, he moved forward because there was a lot at stake. And just as things seemed as bad as they could get, he learned an important lesson, and when offered the prize he had sought so strenuously, he had to decide whether or not to take it, and in making that decision he satisfied a need that had been created by something in his past.