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Flash is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
$25—includes one drink ticket good for beer/wine/NA options
Instructor: Lindsey Andrews | One-Day | Monday | June 29 | 6:30-8:00 PM | 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
How can you write an entire micro-memoir in under 1,000 words? What does it take to make the world come alive and create a vivid emotional experience in just a couple of pages? Whether you’ve read or written flash before or if you’ve been curious, join us for a one-day workshop centered on flash writing.
In this workshop, we’ll do a close readings of “Oysters” by Emily Raboteau and “Catch: A Memory in Three Fragments” by Kat Moore. Our discussion will focus on literary elements and stylistic choices. Using writing prompts, you’ll practice writing and grounding your own story in time and place, developing characters, building tension and plot, and making critical choices about details while in pursuit of brevity.
No preparation is required. You are welcome to read the stories before class, but we’ll have 15 minutes to read the examples at the beginning of our meeting. We’ll then have 20-30 minutes to discuss, followed by 20-30 minutes of writing our own very short stories or micro-memoirs, and 15-20 minutes to share our writing in small groups and talk about the experience of writing. Make new friends, writing partners, and accountability buddies while trying out your hand at the craft of writing flash.
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This class will take place in person in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Flash is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
$25—includes one drink ticket good for beer/wine/NA options
Instructor: Lindsey Andrews | One-Day | Monday | June 29 | 6:30-8:00 PM | 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
How can you write an entire micro-memoir in under 1,000 words? What does it take to make the world come alive and create a vivid emotional experience in just a couple of pages? Whether you’ve read or written flash before or if you’ve been curious, join us for a one-day workshop centered on flash writing.
In this workshop, we’ll do a close readings of “Oysters” by Emily Raboteau and “Catch: A Memory in Three Fragments” by Kat Moore. Our discussion will focus on literary elements and stylistic choices. Using writing prompts, you’ll practice writing and grounding your own story in time and place, developing characters, building tension and plot, and making critical choices about details while in pursuit of brevity.
No preparation is required. You are welcome to read the stories before class, but we’ll have 15 minutes to read the examples at the beginning of our meeting. We’ll then have 20-30 minutes to discuss, followed by 20-30 minutes of writing our own very short stories or micro-memoirs, and 15-20 minutes to share our writing in small groups and talk about the experience of writing. Make new friends, writing partners, and accountability buddies while trying out your hand at the craft of writing flash.
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This class will take place in person in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.