{"id":1367,"date":"2015-07-15T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kathy-fish.com\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2015-07-15T07:53:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T13:53:00","slug":"first-official-fast-flash-workshop-coming-soon-watch-this-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathy-fish.com\/?p=1367","title":{"rendered":"First Official Fast Flash\u00a9 Workshop Coming Soon!  Watch this space&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kathyfishdotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/vintage-typewriter.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kathyfishdotcom.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/vintage-typewriter.jpg\" alt=\"vintage-typewriter\" width=\"290\" height=\"299\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1324\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m very excited. The beta test of my Fast Flash\u00a9 Workshop was a success! And I&#8217;m getting ready to officially launch this  two-week intensive, generative workshop. Thanks so much to my beta group, who were amazing! I&#8217;ve got a list of writers who&#8217;ve already expressed interest. Watch this space for the upcoming (official) announcement. In the meantime, here are some very kind testimonials:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I feel fortunate that I was allowed to take part in Kathy\u2019s beta workshop in Flash Fiction along with the talented writers who participated. She is as imaginative and energetic a teacher as she is a creator of the form. I had no idea going in that she would find this hairline crack inside of me, help me break through it, and tap into surprising, generative creativity and control. In two weeks she provided enduring lessons on craft, structure, revision, publication, and collaborative opportunities in flash. It was a wild ride and I\u2019d do it again. I can\u2019t recommend Kathy Fish\u2019s workshop experience highly enough. She brings craft together with artistry. If you have an opportunity to work with Kathy, grab it with both hands and hold on tight.&#8221; \u2014April Bradley<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI recently took a two-week intensive class with Kathy Fish on flash fiction and I found it to be one of the most useful writing classes I&#8217;ve had.<\/p>\n<p>Each day, Kathy focused on a topic\u2014characters, imagery, titles, opening sentences, etc. She offered short examples to illustrate how other writers had explored this topic, and then she designed a writing prompt around the topic to help us write our own flash fiction story.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy&#8217;s writing prompts were close to perfect: specific enough that they were easy to access, and general enough that we were each able to respond with our own unique voice and artistry. The workshop was relentless: there was never time to doubt or second guess\u2014and as a result, by the end of the workshop, I had eight new short stories.<\/p>\n<p>Her feedback was always supportive and encouraging.<\/p>\n<p>I know already this workshop will have a lasting impact on my writing technique, because it offered me a new set of useful, usable tools I can use to create new work.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to to generate new material quickly\u2014material that will come out of you with surprising ease and clarity\u2014take a workshop with Kathy Fish.\u201d Christopher DeWan<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon&#8217;t let the length fool you. The art of writing flash is particular and requires far more than simply condensing longer pieces or expanding shorter ones. In Kathy Fish&#8217;s Flash Fiction workshop, you&#8217;ll learn all the tricks of the trade. Not only is Kathy one of the best writers of flash I\u2019ve ever read, she is also one of the finest teachers I\u2019ve ever worked with. She is generous, encouraging and inspiring. In this workshop you will generate new material, refine existing work, and maybe once and for all, learn how to create a damn good title! Whether this is your first time experimenting with the flash form or you have been writing for some time, I highly recommend this workshop.\u201d Lisa Mecham<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudying flash fiction with Kathy Fish is like taking a ballet class from Baryshnikov.\u201d Jayne Martin<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026the two weeks really sparked my brain. I felt more productive during our time than I had in the previous five or six months, and now I have a bunch of little drafts to spend the rest of the summer polishing.\u201d Benjamin Woodard<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested, please let me know in the comments below! 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