“Kathy Fish worked her magic today! The magician waved her wand, and in 90 minutes, we had three new flash pieces, rough, unsteady on their newborn feet, but moving. Thank you!” ~Nina Schuyler
The sessions are held live on Webex (similar to Zoom). The bulk of the 90 minute sessions will be dedicated to generative writing, instruction, and discussing examples, but participants are encouraged to ask questions and/or share work time permitting.
While each session may be taken independently, the series as a whole provides a layered, cumulative experience that deepens the overall freshness and verve of your writing.
Register this week (through Monday, Aug. 24th) and get all three 90-minute workshops—a $195 value—for $125.00!
Great flash fiction doesn’t just tell a quick story. It conveys strong feeling and tone, goes deep with emotional history, and propels the reader irresistibly forward. In this three-part series of 90-minute workshops, we will explore three fundamental forces that will elevate your flash storytelling to the level of rich and resonant, unforgettable art.
These workshops offer a concentrated immersion into the art and craft of flash fiction, encouraging writers to take risks, write from the gut, and generate new work. Though centered on three timed writing exercises, sessions will include some craft discussion, sharing of published examples, and writing tips as well.
In flash, you don’t have pages to build a mood. You have sentences. In this session, we’ll write to prompts aimed at conveying complex emotions and tone, providing a deeply felt experience for our readers within the confines of a limited word count. We’ll look at how word choice, sensory details, and objective correlatives can carry profound emotional weight. Expect to come away with three emotionally captivating, richly textured drafts or story starts.
Memory serves two vital roles in flash fiction: as raw, authentic material to draw upon, and as a structural tool to build depth in the form of flashbacks. In this session, we’ll learn how to transmute real-life memories into compelling fiction, and how to seamlessly weave micro-flashbacks into a flash narrative without stalling its momentum. Expect to come away with three fresh drafts or story starts of surprising depth and resonance.
Flash fiction, like short stories, needs to move in order to work, and what’s more compelling than a character whose desire keeps getting thwarted? In this session, we’ll look at how broken promises, failed quests, awkward missteps, and unexpected catastrophes create stakes, reveal character under pressure, and keep readers reading. Expect to come away with three compelling mishap-laden drafts or story starts.
Thank you all so much! I had fun designing this new workshop series, and hope you will find it productive and inspiring. As always, I’m honored by your continued support and enthusiasm for what I do. ~Kathy
About me: I have been writing and teaching flash fiction for over twenty years. I have led in-person workshops worldwide as an invited instructor at such events as the West Cork Literary Festival (Ireland), the Flash Fiction Festival in Bristol (England), for the Geneva Writers’ Group (Switzerland), the Discover the World of Communication Summer Program at American University in Washington, D.C., for Writespace in Houston, Texas, and the Fort Collins Book Fest in Colorado. I’ve also taught at writing retreats in Italy, Spain, France, Costa Rica, Iceland, and the U.S. I taught creative writing for six years for the Mile High MFA program at Regis University in Denver, and have been teaching my own workshops online since 2015.
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