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CORRECTION: Write Together Times for Friday, July 10th: 10:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time
My newsletter said 10:00 a.m.
Jul 6
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The Architecture of Impact: What Your Flash Looks Like on the Page
More lessons from the poets...
Jul 6
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June 2026
Time, Movement, Change: The Engine of Flash
With examples from Ada Limón, DeMisty Bellinger, & Lydia Davis
Jun 29
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Poetic Forms & Devices in Flash Fiction Part Four - Abecedarians, Anaphora, & More
(From The Comical Hotch Potch, or The Alphabet turn'd Posture-Master, 1782 —Public Domain)
Jun 22
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Written in Stone: Writer Commandments
and the joy of (sometimes) breaking them
Jun 15
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Links for TOMORROW'S (6/12) Write Together Sessions!
Summer can be a busy time.
Jun 11
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A True Literary Hybrid: Poetic Forms & Devices in Flash Fiction Part Three - The Haibun
Poetic Forms & Devices in Flash Fiction: Part Three
Jun 8
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Emotional Concision: Poetic Forms & Devices in Flash Part Two - The Pantoum
Grisaille Lancet Top with Foliate Pattern, French, ca.
Jun 1
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May 2026
"Asbestos Gloves": Poetic Forms & Devices in Flash Part One - The Sestina Flash
Photo by David von Diemar on Unsplash
May 25
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In Defense of the Lowly Writing Prompt...
...and anything else that gets you to the page
May 18
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Neither Here Nor There: Layered Liminality
Jack Lemmon & Sandy Dennis, The Out-of-Towners, 1970
May 11
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Synchronicity & Juxtaposition: Dramatically Setting Your Flash in Motion
“...time was not passing...it was turning in a circle...” ~Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
May 4
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