FIND YOUR FLASH - An Immersive 3-Day Writer's Retreat

FIND YOUR FLASH -

THE OVERVIEW - Many writers work off emotion or prose in the short form––and those are important elements. But understanding the type of short piece you're delving into can be just as important.

This class will help writers define the style of short prose that works best for you, whether it be:

• The Odyssey (abridging a novel worth of info into a short, selective piece),
• The Joke (a short story that works backwards from a punchline),
• The Portrait (a single moment or a contrast of two moments where a character or narrator is observing to some emotional endpoint), or
• The Secret (when the last sentiment in a short piece informs the entirety of what's come before)

Writers will be working to examine, discuss, and generate original work within each of the above story archetypes.

EVENT DETAILS -

Retreat Hours -

Friday, 7/11 - 2pm - 6pm

Satruday, 7/12 - 10am - 6pm

Sunday, 7/13 - 10am - 3pm

Retreat Cost - $225 per writer

Retreat Capped at 12 Writers

RETREAT GOALS -

As a generative workshop the goal is for every writer in attendence to leave with NO LESS than one flash piece ready to be sent out for publication or contest consideration.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED -

Your preferred writing tools - Pen and Paper, Laptop, Tablet, all of the above.

Light snacks and n/a drinks will be provided. Writers are welcome to bring their own bites and beverages of choice.

THE INSTRUCTORS -

Sam Berman is a short story writer who lives in Boise, Idaho. He has had work published in Forever Magazine, Joyland, Expat Press, Maudlin House, the Northwest Review, The Masters Review, Vlad Mag, HAD, Hex, Hobart, X-R-A-Y, CRAFT, Dream Boy Book Club, and Rejection Letters. He was selected as the runner-up in The Kenyon Review’s 2022 Nonfiction Competition as well as a finalist for the 2022 & 2023 Halifax Ranch Prize. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fictions and Best American Short Stories. And has forthcoming work in Back Patio Press, Soft Union, and The Idaho Review, among others. In addition to his writing, Sam is also the Director of Storyfort, a literary festival held during Treefort Music Fest every March in Boise, Idaho.

Instagram: @sugarcainberman
Twitter: @Taylorbabe411
Website: sam-berman.com

Christian Winn is a fiction writer, poet, creative nonfiction writer, teacher of creative writing, and sometimes journalist based in Boise, Idaho. He is the author of the short story collections, NAKED ME, and What's Wrong With You is What's Wrong With Me, and the forthcoming novels, CROCODILE, and AMENDS. He served as the Idaho Writer in Residence - the state's highest literary honor - from 2016-2019, and has taught at Boise State University, the College of Idaho, the College of Western Idaho, and The Cabin. He is at work on an historical memoir, All This Idaho, which takes a deep-dive into his family's five-generation storied legacy in the Gem State and beyond.

Instagram: @ChristianWinn
Facebook: @Christian A. Winn
Website: @ChristianWinn.com

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