Write Fiction In A Flash
Learn To Write Flash Fiction
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Learn To Write Flash Fiction 〰️
Attention spans aren’t what they used to be. That’s why fiction is adapting.
How can you, as a writer, create interesting, moving, and prescient work that fits into the
attention span of the digital age?
Flash fiction is the answer.
Classified as a short story that is under 1000 words, flash fiction is a malleable, experimental form that has become all the rage in literary journals.
In this class we will examine the ultra short story and discover how concise language, and the use
of fragment in prose, can be used to create prescient, lively work.
This four-week course is just €200!
Course overview
Each week, the class will meet over Zoom to cover a different aspect of fiction writing. Here is what to expect week-to-week from the course.
Week 1: What is flash fiction ?
Learn some of the most popular “forms” of the short-short story (flash, “micro”, the parabolic, prose
poem, collage, etc.).
Week 2: Line and brevity
How does word choice propel simple sentences into the stratosphere, creating poetry in
prose (don’t tell the poets).
Week 3: Building stories
Learn how fragments and the use of collage can be used to create meaning from seemingly
disparate parts, and how traditional storytelling techniques can be modified for the short-short
form.
Week 4: Revise, revise, revise
This class will be an opportunity to further the discussion of the stories produced in this class in
small break out workshops.
What will be expected of you
This course will rely heavily on reading and practical exercises. We will discuss exemplary work,
sometimes line-by-line, so be prepared to have a close reading under your belt before coming
to class. You will also write your own experiments in concision and fragmented story which we will
discuss together on the Discord server.
Included with the course
Exemplary readings of the genre!
Writing prompts and take home exercises that will help you better understand the skills necessary for flash fiction, and help you generate stories of your own.
Access to the Honing House Discord channel (for life).
Class recordings that you can access any time.
10% off a future course or a coaching session.
This class is suitable for writers at any level.
This online course will take place over Zoom every Tuesday evening from 19:00 to 21:00 CEST. The cost is €200 and the class is capped at 15 students.
Don’t hesitate to register!
Your Instructor
Daniel J. Cecil is a writer and teacher living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Daniel received his MFA in fiction from the University of Washington, where he also taught in the creative writing program for five years. Daniel currently teaches travel writing at Emerson College in Limburg. His writing has appeared in many journals, including The Rumpus, The Heavy Feather Review, The LA Review of Books, Barrelhouse, Miracle Monocle, and The Stranger, among others. Daniel’s work has been longlisted for the Dzanc Fiction Prize, shortlisted for the Yes Yes Books Open Reading Period, received a Pushcart nomination, and received the support of several residencies.