Elements of Flash Fiction
Microfiction. Nanofiction. Short-shorts. Dribble. The multitude of names for flash fiction are almost as wide-ranging as the word count. But a safe definition of flash is that it’s a brief story of 1,000 words or fewer. In this short workshop we will examine the essential elements of flash fiction, paying particular attention to voice, ‘the sentence,’ and ambiguity. After reading some examples, we will dive in with some writing exercises designed to free your imagination and get you writing in the exciting genre of flash fiction.
Presented by Becca Yenser
Becca Yenser is the author of the poetry chapbook, Too High and Too Blue in New Mexico (Dancing Girl Press, 2018). She teaches composition at Wichita State University, where she is co-Editor-in-Chief for Mikrokosmos Literary Journal, and Arts and Culture columnist for The Sunflower. Her poems, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and photography appear in Anti-Heroin Chic, Voicemail Poems, Pom Pom Lit, Dostoyevsky Wannabe, The Nervous Breakdown, Hobart, CHEAP POP, Paper Darts, 1001 Editors, Fanzine, Eclectica Magazine, decomP, HOOT, Entropy, Filter Literary Journal, Toasted Cheese, and Madcap Review.
Microfiction. Nanofiction. Short-shorts. Dribble. The multitude of names for flash fiction are almost as wide-ranging as the word count. But a safe definition of flash is that it’s a brief story of 1,000 words or fewer. In this short workshop we will examine the essential elements of flash fiction, paying particular attention to voice, ‘the sentence,’ and ambiguity. After reading some examples, we will dive in with some writing exercises designed to free your imagination and get you writing in the exciting genre of flash fiction.
Presented by Becca Yenser
Becca Yenser is the author of the poetry chapbook, Too High and Too Blue in New Mexico (Dancing Girl Press, 2018). She teaches composition at Wichita State University, where she is co-Editor-in-Chief for Mikrokosmos Literary Journal, and Arts and Culture columnist for The Sunflower. Her poems, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and photography appear in Anti-Heroin Chic, Voicemail Poems, Pom Pom Lit, Dostoyevsky Wannabe, The Nervous Breakdown, Hobart, CHEAP POP, Paper Darts, 1001 Editors, Fanzine, Eclectica Magazine, decomP, HOOT, Entropy, Filter Literary Journal, Toasted Cheese, and Madcap Review.
Ahhh - fiction that even short-winded poets might be able to write! Want to hear more? Come to the March meeting. Free. Visitors welcome. Q&A after the presentation. Snacks available (March snacks courtesy of Ray Racobs and Connie White) See you there!
- Kansas Authors Club District 5 Monthly Meeting is open to the public.
- When: Saturday, March 14th, 2020 at 1:30-3:30 p.m.
- Where: Larksfield Place, 7373 E. 29th St. N., Wichita KS (just west of Rock Rd. on the south side of 29th Street). Park in the Visitors lot and enter the Welcome Entrance walking left through the main dining room to the Lakeview Dining Room.