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SUMMARY:Short and to the Point: Writing Microfiction with Lyzette Wanzer
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday(s)\, September 24 & October 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, 29\, 2025 6:30-8:30pm CT online via Zoom\nNonmember $300; Member $255; Student/Educator/Military $210 \n*Please note: our printed schedule lists September 17 in error. The class begins September 24. \n*EARN CPEs\nLearn the art of microfiction! This genre challenges and sharpens your skills by teaching you how to write an attention-demanding story in only a few words.   \nIn this six-session workshop\, writers will discover the key to successful microfiction: a well-defined character and plot\, all compressed into an impactful short story. We’ll foster creativity and expand writing skills\, refining the ability to convey complex ideas concisely without sacrificing the story’s punch. Throughout the duration of the workshop\, students will write and revise a story of 300 words or less.  \nThis is an intermediate-level workshop. Prior prose or poetry writing experience is required and assumed. \nDuring this class you will: \n\nRead and parse multiple microfiction examples\nWorkshop your story with your peers\nReceive instructor feedback on your drafts\nExplore places to publish your piece\n\nRead Lyzette’s Writer’s Desk Q&A!\n\nLyzette Wanzer is a San Francisco writer\, editor\, and writing workshop instructor. She holds an MFA in Fiction from Mills College. A flash fiction connoisseur and essay aficionado\, her work has appeared in Callaloo\, The Los Angeles Review\, Pleiades\, The MacGuffin\, Flashquake\, and others. She is a contributor to Lyric Essay as Resistance\, The Chalk Circle\, Civil Liberties United\, and 642 Tiny Things to Write About. Lyzette presents at conferences including AWP\, CEA\, Litquake\, and the San Francisco Writers Conference. She judges literary contests in nonfiction and intercultural essay categories.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/short-and-to-the-point/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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