Fred Shafer's workshops at OCWW this year will explore miniature stories, their strategies and effects, and what they can teach us about longer stories, novel chapters, and our lives.
Instead of viewing miniature stories, also called flash fiction, as a genre of their own, Fred has chosen to treat them as part of a continuum with longer forms of fiction. He'll discuss the areas of experience that receive close attention in miniature stories and are just as important in longer works, but that we often overlook when reading, studying, and writing more expansive stories and novels. Using a series of examples taken from published fiction, he'll also address the things in life covered by longer forms that are beyond the reach of miniature stories.
Handouts will be emailed to registrants the day before each meeting, and added to confirmation notices for late registrations.
Note: the deadline to submit manuscripts was September 22. Fred will review submissions after the series concludes.
