Flash Fiction & Nonfiction
Flash Fiction & Nonfiction is an Intensive, meaning it happens in a short time span (1 day in NYC, or 2 days on Zoom, or 3 weeks online). It’s open to writers of any level. Farther down, you can view a syllabus for this course.
Flash storytelling is like a strike of lightning. So fast, but it leaves a lasting memory.
Flash refers to stories—true or made up—that range from a few words to a thousand.
What kinds of ideas work best for flash? How do you put all that power into a small container? Are there any special techniques that apply? Where can you publish works of flash?
You’ll find answers here. You’ll also generate flash ideas and develop flash stories.
Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, very short or super short, we’ll show you how to light up the page.
A class that both introduces you to flash as a concept and teaches you the basics of how to write good flash.
Christian DeLeo
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Notes
This course encompasses both fiction and nonfiction.
Explore Gotham’s own flash literary magazine: The Razor.
Upcoming Classes
NYC, Zoom classes are being scheduled. Please check back soon.
Price
Registration fee $25, paid once per term
3-Week
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Online
Anytime, week-long sessions
Tuition: $185
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One-on-One
Tuition:
Mini - $395, Private - $775
Available on Zoom
Syllabus
This course gives an overview of how to write flash fiction or nonfiction, giving you a chance to generate ideas and write a complete flash piece. Course components:|
Brief lectures
Writing exercises/story development
New York City/Zoom classes
The syllabus varies from teacher to teacher, term to term. Many topics will be similar to those covered in the Online classes.
Online classes
Week 1
Super Selectivity: What is flash? The essential techniques: selectivity, desire, visuality, language, volta.
Week 2
Fun Forms: Exploration of various of flash forms: prose poem, repetition, hermit crab, braided, collage, genre, travelogue, animal/object, dialogue only.
Week 3
The Pearl Process: Going through the evolution of a piece: concept, beginning/middle/end, words and sentences, reduction, tense/white space/titles
Note: Content may vary among individual classes.
Teachers
Arlaina Tibensky
Arlaina Tibensky is the author of the novel And Then Things Fall Apart (Simon & Schuster). Her short stories and nonfiction have appeared in One Story, SmokeLong Quarterly, Reckon Review, The Dodge Magazine, Stanchion, Thimble Lit, @TheKeepThings, The Razor, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Madison Review, The Dinner Party Download, and New Stories from the Midwest, 2018. She has received "The Best of the Net," "Best Small Fictions," and Pushcart nominations for her flash fiction. She holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University.
Read moreis the author of the novel And Then Things Fall Apart (Simon & Schuster). Her short stories and nonfiction have appeared in One Story, SmokeLong Quarterly, Reckon Review, The Dodge Magazine, Stanchion, Thimble Lit, @TheKeepThings, The Razor, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Madison Review, The Dinner Party Download, and New Stories from the Midwest, 2018. She has received "The Best of the Net," "Best Small Fictions," and Pushcart nominations for her flash fiction. She holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University.