Two Spring Flash Fiction Workshops

On February 17, 2017February 17, 2017 By nancystohlmanIn Uncategorized

MARCH 6-26, 2017

WRITING FLASH FICTION

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In this workshop we will generate original flash pieces, examine what makes successful flash fiction, and try to differentiate flash from its cousins, the prose poem and the vignette.

This workshop is open to writers with all levels of experience in the form, whether you are brand new to flash fiction or a veteran flasher looking to hone your craft.

Click here for more information or to register.

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APRIL 3-23, 2017

SCULPTING FLASH FICTION

Editing is the most important part of the writing process. But just as writing flash fiction requires a different set of skills, so does editing flash fiction.

article-2337449-1a32cffb000005dc-882_634x439 In this workshop we will learn how to achieve the specific needs of flash fiction as I guide you and other participants to edit your real works in progress.

Participants should have a basic understanding of flash fiction and come to the class with flash pieces already in progress.

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AWP Panel on Flash Fiction this Friday

On February 9, 2017February 9, 2017 By nancystohlmanIn Uncategorized

Friday, February 10, 1:30-2:45

WASHINGTON D.C.

F202. From Flash Fiction to Microfiction: How Many Words Are Enough?. (Pamela Painter, James Thomas, Nancy Stohlman, Grant Faulkner, Sherrie Flick) The introduction to Flash Fiction asks: How short can a story be and still be a short story? The answer was 750 words, but recently we have seen microfiction of 300 and 200 words, and the emergence of the 100-word story. How can such compression address character development, narrative arc, and tension? Does prose poetry show us indirectly how to accommodate narrative size? These panelists discuss the limitations and rewards of writing short with urgency and artistic integrity.

More about AWP here

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Podcast: Blink Ink Dance Party Vol II at Rocky Mountain Revival

On January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 By nancystohlmanIn Uncategorized

What we have here is our annual dance party featuring 8 authors reading microfiction works featured in Blink Ink.

Our authors are: Nancy Stohlman, Doug Matthewson (reading for Sally Reno), Rob Geisen, Lynn Mundell, Kathryn Knudson, Gay Degani, Katie Yates, and Catfish McDaris.

And we are graced with musical accompaniment from Nick Busheff.

Blink Ink publishes the finest in very short fiction. all stories are in the ballpark of about 50 words. Their issues come out four times a year, and if you are a subscriber, they are delivered to your door in a beautiful, compact book that can fit right in your back pocket. Go to www.blink-ink.org and subscribe now. It’s fun, it’s easy, it’s cheap, so let’s go. Operators are standing by.