Flash Fiction: Writing the short-short story
In this class we will focus on the short-short story. Using two pages or less we will devote part of the class time doing short-short writing exercises, and part discussing each student’s writing in a traditional workshop setting. We will experiment with different types of short-shorts and discuss what a writer can and cannot convey within the confines of a page. We will read other writers who have mastered the short-short, and discuss why they have chosen this form to tell their story.
Wednesdays from 7-9pm on the Upper West Side, Class begins May 2nd. $350 for ten classes
Please send a short writing sample to rachel@thefirsthurt.com with “Flash Fiction” in the subject line.
Rachel Sherman is the author of the book of short stories, THE FIRST HURT, (Open City, 2006). She has previously been published in n+1, McSweeney’s, StoryQuarterly, Conjunctions and Small Spiral Notebook, and in the book, The BEST OF NERVE ANTHOLOGY: FULL FRONTAL FICTION, (Three Rivers Press, 2000). She was a finalist in The Frank O’Connor Short Story Award in 2006 and short-listed for The Story Prize in 2007. Her book is one of the 25 Books to Remember in 2006 voted by the New York Public Library. www.thefirsthurt.com
