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Flash Fiction
WRITING 714.8E
Explore the techniques and form of very short fiction in this workshop for beginners.
What you can learn.
- Transform story moments into short stories that may be no longer than a single scene
- Learn to capture readers' attention and convey your message with few words
- Read and discuss texts by publish authors that serve as inspiration
- Experiment with writing flash fiction based on workshop prompts
About this course:
With daily social media and story feeds, our minds have become accustomed to processing shorter texts that dissolve soon after we read them. This course, Flash Fiction, creates space for you to slow down and transform daily moments into captivating short fiction that compels you as a writer as well as engages your readers. During our seminar, you will read short texts that will inspire you to generate your own flash fiction. With the use of examples and discussion, this seminar will give you the opportunity to flex your imagination and writing muscles to experiment with flash fiction that you can develop to submit to writing competitions and publications or read at open mics.
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