June Workshops at Indigo Editing & Publications

The shortest forms of writing often hold the most magnificent insights into other worlds. This month you'll learn how to build tiny kingdoms in flash fiction and how to condense your book's world into a one-page query letter. Join us!

Saturday, June 18
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.


Tiny Kingdoms: Writing Flash Fiction with Alissa Nielsen
 
Short, short stories—some have described them as vignettes, sketches, anecdotes; they’ve been given multiple names such as flash fiction, sudden fiction, mini fiction, quick fiction, or micro fiction. Joyce Carol Oates compares flash fiction to “Chopin’s brilliant little preludes,” and Mark Strand claims they “can do in a page what a novel does in two hundred.” In this workshop we will write from prompts geared toward this condensed form of storytelling and discuss strategies for revising longer pieces to create a successful flash. Through exploring several compelling flash fiction examples, we’ll investigate how these authors use lyricism, subtext, and the element of surprise to create tiny kingdoms that contain multitudes.

A Winning First Impression: Making the Most of Your Query Letter with Ali McCart
 
The query letter is one of the most daunting pieces you as a writer will ever take on. It’s your first impression with the publisher, and the final draft could come across as a soggy handshake or an impressive, firm grip. In this workshop, we’ll examine what makes a well-crafted query letter and what dooms it for rejection. Then we’ll draft and critique our own queries so you can leave with the confidence to stand up straight, make eye contact, and smile wide for your literary introduction.

Take both classes for just $50.
Register at www.indigoediting.com/workshops.
Space limited to ten students.

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