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New Workshop Alert: 30 Stories in 30 Days
National Flash Fiction Month: 30 Short Stories in 30 Days (Writing Workshops Dallas) Coming in July 2023
Celebrate National Flash Fiction Month in July!
July is the unofficial flash fiction writing month. It also happens to be the month when the Bath Flash Fiction conference occurs. This year, I’m planning a super-special workshop meant to give you 30 story starts.
Class Starts Saturday, July 1st, 2023
Led by Holly Lyn Walrath, whose speculative work has appeared in Analog, Strange Horizons, and in the Other Terrors anthology from the Horror Writer’s Association, among many more publications. Holly is the author of the collection The Smallest of Bones, published by Clash Books.
This generative workshop is chock full of 30 writing prompts for short story writers.
Whether you write micro fiction, flash fiction, or short stories, these 30 prompts are meant to inspire and support you in this unique writing challenge. You’ve heard of NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month), where poets write 30 poems in 30 days, and you’ve probably heard of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), where writers try to write a novel in a month.
Now you can do the same with short stories. Whether you’re writing to a specific theme, assembling stories for a collection, or want to try writing a series of connected stories, this workshop will explore new contemporary structures like The Tryptich or The Wikipedia Entry.
Open to writers of all genres — from realism to memoir to speculative fiction.
Note: For this class, you will not be required to submit peer critiques, since the goal is just to generate new work. However, the instructor will give feedback to each student, and there will be an opportunity to upload your stories for accountability.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Week 1: Finding Your Voice
Week 2: Writing Memorable Stories
Week 3: You Are Your Audience
Week 4: Write What You Love, Love What You Write
COURSE TAKEAWAYS:
- Dive into seven writing prompts each week
- Explore elements of short fiction
- Learn about hooks, twists, and turns
- Write 30 short stories in 30 days!
ONLINE COURSE STRUCTURE:
This class is entirely asynchronous which means you complete the weekly assignments on your own schedule. There are no set meeting times in order to allow for greater participation; your cohort will consist of writers from across different time zones, which allows for a wonderful diversity of voices.
Along with your weekly deadlines there is plenty of interaction with Holly and your peers within Wet Ink, our dedicated online classroom. Craft materials, lectures, reading assignments, and writing prompts are all available through the online classroom. Students also post work and provide and receive feedback within the online classroom environment.
You can get the work done as you see fit week-to-week, so it is perfect for any schedule. There are discussion questions each week inspired by the assigned readings and topics in the lecture notes. Students are encouraged to take these wherever is most compelling and/or useful for them. Holly engages with these discussions throughout the week and you will receive feedback from all assigned writing activities.
HOW DOES WET INK WORK?
Wet Ink was built and designed specifically for online writing classes. Wet Ink is private, easy to use, and very interactive. You can learn more about the Wet Ink platform by Watching a Class Demo.
PAYMENT OPTIONS:
You can pay for the course in full or use Shop Pay or Affirm to pay over time with equal Monthly Payments. Both options are available at checkout.
ONLINE COURSE STRUCTURE:
- Instructor: Holly Lyn Walrath
- Starts July 1st, 2023
- Course is fully ONLINE; students can work according to their own schedule within weekly deadlines. Once you have enrolled the instructor will send you a link to our online classroom, provided via Wet Ink.
Instructor Holly Lyn Walrath is a freelance editor based out of Houston, Texas. She holds a B.A. in English from The University of Texas and a Master’s in Creative Writing from the University of Denver. Her poetry and prose have appeared in Analog, Strange Horizons, Fireside Fiction, and in the Other Terrors anthology from the Horror Writer’s Association, among many more publications. Holly is the author of the collection The Smallest of Bones, published by Clash Books in 2021 and Glimmerglass Girl, winner of the SFPA Elgin Award. She is the managing editor of Interstellar Flight Press, an indie press for underrepresented voices and genres. Visit Holly’s website here.
