How could anyone put an entire story in 1000, 300, or even 100 words? Hint: it's not about cutting down. In this workshop, we'll discuss common mistakes writers make when moving into the realm of flash, how you can avoid them, and how you can craft an ultra-short narrative that evokes emotion. Through collaborative exercises and prompts, you'll leave this class with newly generated work and the tools to write stories more concisely.
Robin Van Impe is a queer Belgian writer with an MFA Creative Writing from Emerson College, where she served as the Fiction Editor for Redivider. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming from the Boston Globe, Fourteen Hills, Bending Genres, and others. She was a 2024 finalist of the Arts & Letters Unclassifiable Contest and was shortlisted for the 2024 Smokelong Grand Micro Contest. Robin works at Harvard Education Press, is a Flash Reader at Split Lip, and teaches ESL at the Cambridge Public Library.
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Founded by Emerson PopFic alumni, The PopFic Collective is a writers' community friendly with but wholly separate from Emerson's Popular Fiction MFA program.
