This workshop will give you an introduction to the novella-in-flash form, a unique and exciting fusion of long-form and short-form fiction.
The novella-in-flash combines the best aspects of novel-writing with the best aspects of flash fiction (or the short-short story). The novella-in-flash harnesses flash fiction’s impulse for compression, musicality and intensity, while still exploring characters fully, building a rich story-world and longer narrative arc, and digging deeply into social or moral issues.
If you want to reinvigorate your novel-writing, or if you’ve been feeling something is missing in writing individual flash fictions, the novella-in-flash can transform your writing in a lasting way.
Through this workshop, you will –
- Get more familiar with key aspects of the novella-in-flash form
- Learn how writing novellas-in-flash improves your other fiction writing (novels, short stories, flash fiction)
- Practise using an archetypal flash fiction structure
- Identify possible story scenarios for producing your own novella
- Choose one and write a key scene (in the form of a flash fiction)
- Write a further flash, building on the first
- Develop a provisional cast of characters
- Learn strategies for linking individual moments into an overarching storyline
- Receive novella-in-flash recommended reading suggestions
- Find out about publication opportunities
- Have the chance to ask questions, and identify your next steps
This is an interactive group workshop
Here is what others have said about Michael’s Novella-in-Flash workshops:
Superb
I’m new to NIFs but the creative freedom they give a writer is awesome. Michael’s talk fired up so many new ideas for me…
Fab session, Michael. You sparked lots of ideas! I’m finding it very exciting that the novella-in-flash is a form that invites this kind of discussion and experimentation.
Brilliant workshop! So many ideas to try now for my work-in-progress.
