Invincible summer...
some announcements, a Steven Millhauser story + a summery prompt
Photo by Boston Public Library on Unsplash
“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” ~Albert Camus
Hi friends,
Thanks to all who attended Saturday’s 3 in 90 workshop! What a lively, engaged group! Some of you reached out to me afterward to say the prompts helped you unlock a story you’d be trying to tell for so long, but couldn’t. I’m so glad! My mission has always been to give writers the tools and permission to go deeply into the ideas and stories that are uniquely their own to tell.
Heads up that I’ll be announcing a new round of workshops very soon! This will come as usual via my Mailchimp mailing list. If you’re not on this list, but are interested in getting this information, please contact me here or at fishfastflash@gmail.com and I’ll make sure you get it.
Also, a reminder that I’ll be running a month-long Flash Immersion Extravaganza right here in February for paid subscribers, so consider upgrading! I’ll make it worth your while and it’s going to be a lot of fun.
I have always maintained that flash fiction is not merely an extra short, short story, but rather its own unique literary form. See my March, 2021 newsletter:
Dr. Shelley Roche Jacques agrees with me. This thoroughly researched and well-written article in New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing is well worth your time:
“Flash fiction as a distinct literary form: Some thoughts on time, space and context.”
“More recently, writers and critics have focused on the idea of ‘compression’. Writer Kathy Fish (a leading exponent of the form and influential figure in the flash fiction writing community) says: