CEEL 0927 - Writing Flash Fiction

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Brown University

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In this course we’ll take a look at flash fiction and how to write it. Flash fiction is a catch-all for narrative in miniature – instead of a novel, or even a short story, how can you convey a sense of character, narrative arc and emotional resonance in 250 words? 100 words? 50 words? Flash fiction distills a story to its essence. Less will be more as we explore the strategic deployment of key bits of information that will give the reader a sense of what’s going on and why. The focus will be on writing our own fiction and work-shopping it, but we’ll also read a range of people who have learned how to do what we’re trying to achieve: from fiction writers like Jenny Boully and Danielle Dutton to prose poets like Bob Hass, Killarney Clary and Karen Volkman. There will be many ways to approach the project of writing micro-fiction. We’ll look at what it means for something to be called a story, what different kinds of stories there are, and how they can be approached from a narrow angle while still giving an image of the whole. This class will offer an exercise in concision which is useful to all types of writing. Open to all levels.

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www.brown.edu

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(401) 863-1000

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New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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