Exploring Flash: A Writing Workshop [Durham, NC]
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Christa Westaway | Sundays February 2 - March 2 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM | In-Person | 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
“A flash fiction could be called a little story, but not in the way that a dollhouse is a miniature of those mansions on the affluent side of town. While a flash fiction takes up less real estate on the page than a longer work, it can deliver an equal amount of story, just compressed.” Todd Kaneko, “Planets in Miniature: On Kandor and Compression in Flash Fiction”
Over the course of five class meetings, we’ll consider the technique of brevity and the art of implication by taking a close look at the elements of miniature narratives under 1,500 words. We’ll read flash pieces with varying approaches to form, theme, style, and voice. During class discussion, we’ll get curious and ask questions like: What constitutes flash? What distinguishes it from other forms? How does genre impact you as the reader and the narrative itself? How does every word earn its place in a flash piece? What’s the unsaid story, the story behind the story?
In addition to readings and discussion, we’ll mine everyday life using simple writing exercises as opportunities to write your own flash narratives and share them in class, if you’d like to. We’ll see firsthand how diverse our interpretations and creative approaches to flash narratives can be! This class is open to all, whether you’re new to flash or an experienced writer.
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This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Christa Westaway | Sundays February 2 - March 2 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM | In-Person | 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
“A flash fiction could be called a little story, but not in the way that a dollhouse is a miniature of those mansions on the affluent side of town. While a flash fiction takes up less real estate on the page than a longer work, it can deliver an equal amount of story, just compressed.” Todd Kaneko, “Planets in Miniature: On Kandor and Compression in Flash Fiction”
Over the course of five class meetings, we’ll consider the technique of brevity and the art of implication by taking a close look at the elements of miniature narratives under 1,500 words. We’ll read flash pieces with varying approaches to form, theme, style, and voice. During class discussion, we’ll get curious and ask questions like: What constitutes flash? What distinguishes it from other forms? How does genre impact you as the reader and the narrative itself? How does every word earn its place in a flash piece? What’s the unsaid story, the story behind the story?
In addition to readings and discussion, we’ll mine everyday life using simple writing exercises as opportunities to write your own flash narratives and share them in class, if you’d like to. We’ll see firsthand how diverse our interpretations and creative approaches to flash narratives can be! This class is open to all, whether you’re new to flash or an experienced writer.
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This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Christa Westaway | Sundays February 2 - March 2 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM | In-Person | 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
“A flash fiction could be called a little story, but not in the way that a dollhouse is a miniature of those mansions on the affluent side of town. While a flash fiction takes up less real estate on the page than a longer work, it can deliver an equal amount of story, just compressed.” Todd Kaneko, “Planets in Miniature: On Kandor and Compression in Flash Fiction”
Over the course of five class meetings, we’ll consider the technique of brevity and the art of implication by taking a close look at the elements of miniature narratives under 1,500 words. We’ll read flash pieces with varying approaches to form, theme, style, and voice. During class discussion, we’ll get curious and ask questions like: What constitutes flash? What distinguishes it from other forms? How does genre impact you as the reader and the narrative itself? How does every word earn its place in a flash piece? What’s the unsaid story, the story behind the story?
In addition to readings and discussion, we’ll mine everyday life using simple writing exercises as opportunities to write your own flash narratives and share them in class, if you’d like to. We’ll see firsthand how diverse our interpretations and creative approaches to flash narratives can be! This class is open to all, whether you’re new to flash or an experienced writer.
—
This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.