The Eastern Shore Writers Association (ESWA) will present a workshop on Flash Fiction on January 16 at the Third Haven Meeting House in Easton on Washington St. from 9:30 until noon. Lynn Stearns, who currently leads the Flash Fiction and Memoir workshops at the Bethesda Center, will share her expertise with the Delmarva’s writing community. The workshop is open to the public.
Flash fiction, according to Wikipedia, “is a style of fictional literature of extreme brevity.” Although there is no accepted definition of the length of the genre, flash fiction, micro fiction or short-short fiction is part poetry, part narrative and deceptively complex. It forces the writer to pay close attention to every word and detail that is put to paper. Whether you are a novelist, poet, or short story writer, all writers can benefit from the lessons learned in flash fiction writing and how it impacts the reader.
Lynn Stearns has taught a variety of classes at BlackRock Center for the Arts and Strathmore Hall as well as Bethesda. She has helped edit several publications including the Potomac Review. Attendees are invited to bring their own short work to the workshop for critique.
The workshop fee is $30 for ESWA members and $40 for non-members. To register, write Kathy Winfield at [email protected] or call 240-375-1305.
The Eastern Shore Writers’ Association (ESWA), including the ESWA Education Fund, holds writing programs, sponsors the Bay to Ocean Writers Conference, publishes The Delmarva Review and sponsors the Delmarva Book Prize, along with other educational programs. As nonprofit organizations, they support writers and the literary arts across the Delmarva Peninsula. For more information, see the ESWA website www.easternshorewriters.org.
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