The flash fiction, the short short story, the sudden fiction: whatever you call them, it is in these tightly compressed forms that the techniques of fiction and the compression of poetry meet and merge to create exciting new modes of expression. Through brief in-class readings, students will see how such tiny stories can pack a huge punch. After discussing how these narratives-in-miniature are structured, as well as what they can teach us about longer forms, students will have the chance to do in-class exercises, and will walk out with rough drafts of a couple very short stories that they can continue to hone, as well as with a new sense of how to bring economy to their sentences in writing of all lengths and genres. Who Should Attend: Writers seeking to jump-start their imaginations and experiment with shorter forms, as well as busy writers who don’t have the time right now to spend on the Great American novel, but who want to keep their writing chops fresh.
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