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The Art of the Very Small Story: A One-Day Flash Fiction Intensive — Online Zoom Seminar with Robert Anthony Siegel Starts Saturday, March 20th, 2027

The Art of the Very Small Story: Flash Fiction Intensive | March 2027 Online

The Art of the Very Small Story: A One-Day Flash Fiction Intensive with Robert Anthony Siegel

Live Seminar via Zoom on Saturday, March 20, 2027
Class will meet 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET

🌍 Class Times by Time Zone:

  • Los Angeles (PDT): 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  • Chicago (CDT): 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
  • New York (EDT): 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
  • London (GMT): 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Berlin (CET): 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM

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Instructor Robert Anthony Siegel is the author of a memoir, Criminals, and two novels, All Will Be Revealed and All the Money in the World. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Smithsonian Magazine, The Paris Review, The Drift, The Oxford American, and Ploughshares, and has been anthologized in Best American Essays 2023, O. Henry Stories 2014, and Pushcart Prize XXXVI. He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Taiwan, a Mombukagakusho Fellow in Japan, a Writing Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and a Paul Engle Fellow at the Iowa Writers Workshop. He holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop.

Who is this class for?

This one-day online flash fiction intensive is open to writers at all levels of experience, with no preparation needed. Come ready to talk, ask questions, write short in-class exercises, and share with the group.

What to expect:

Just a page or two in length, flash fiction is quick and easy to learn, yet endlessly rich and challenging to practice. Its singular power is the sense of imaginative freedom at its core, the "flash." World renowned writers like Kafka and Kawabata have done some of their most evocative work in the genre.

This one-day online writing workshop is designed for writers who want to explore the creative possibilities of flash fiction. We will talk about how it works, read a variety of published examples, and generate work of our own through in-class exercises, sharing our writing with the group as time permits.

Can't make it live? No problem. The session will be recorded and available to watch after the seminar concludes.

What are the writing goals?

In this course, students will read published flash fiction, write four in-class exercises, and share work with the group. Along the way you will study the role of conflict in creating story, the power of image and metaphor, and the relationship between text and subtext. You leave with four drafts to revise and a list of ideas for ten more.

COURSE OUTLINE

Saturday, March 20, 2027, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET: A single five-hour live session via Zoom. We read published flash fiction, discuss how the form works, write four short in-class exercises, and share work with the group as time permits.

COURSE TAKEAWAYS:

  • Four in-class exercises to take home and revise
  • A list of ideas for ten more flash pieces
  • An understanding of the role of conflict in creating story
  • Techniques for using image and metaphor in very short fiction
  • A working sense of the relationship between text and subtext

TESTIMONIALS:

"Full of richly drawn characters and jolting plot twists—Glasser's time behind bars is especially chilling—Siegel's debut novel works both as a parable of how quickly the high and mighty can fall, and as gripping drama. 'Money' well spent."
— New York Post, on All the Money in the World

"Early in this novel, there is a wonderful scene—rich with embarrassment—in which Louis Glasser, the altogether unlikely hero, helps his Harvard-educated son buy a new suit. The son's fortunes founder, but that's nothing compared to the perils that overwhelm his father—a lawyer who operates on the margins and becomes the target of a criminal investigation. Siegel's … portraits (loving and otherwise) of the Glassers, New York prosecutors, and various lowlifes are right on the money."
— The New Yorker, on All the Money in the World

"...Well-turned and elegant...Gloriously complex..."
— Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on All Will Be Revealed

"...A richly detailed and seedily seductive narrative."
— Publishers Weekly, on All Will Be Revealed

"Robert's unique skill as a teacher comes from his enthusiasm not only for talking, which is present in many talented professors, but for listening... He has a reputation for being the best kind of teacher: generous, knowledgeable, demanding, and always at the ready with excellent advice."
— Former Student

"The level of discourse was challenging and interesting and I think part of the reason for that was the casual atmosphere of discussion, fostered by Robert. When people are allowed to speak in an open, non-threatening environment, wonderful things happen."
— Former Student

PAYMENT OPTIONS:

Tuition is $150 USD. 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: Robert Anthony Siegel
  • Live Seminar via Zoom on Saturday, March 20, 2027
  • Class will meet 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
  • Tuition is $150 USD.