We forget that the core element of flash fiction—compression—is frequently used in novels, not just novels-in-flash, but any longform manuscript benefits from understanding how compression works and when to use it. This session will look at contemporary examples and walk writers through steps to discern when and how to compress a novel.
Date: August 2nd
Time: 10am NYC. Please check for your particular time zone!
Duration: 90 minutes
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Sherrie Flick is the author of a novel, a longform essay collection, and three story collections. Her most recent story collection, I Have Not Considered Consequences, was published by Autumn House Press in April 2025. She served as co-editor for the Norton anthology Flash Fiction America, series editor for The Best Small Fictions 2018 (with guest editor Aimee Bender), and is a senior editor at SmokeLong Quarterly. She spent spring 2025 at Davidson College as the McGee Distinguished Professor in Creative Writing and will be fall faculty for the West Virginia Wesleyan low-res MFA program. She lives in Pittsburgh.
$39.00
The core workshop of SmokeLong Fitness is all in writing, so you can take part from anywhere at anytime. We are excited about creating a supportive, consistent and structured environment for flash writers to work on their craft in a community. We are thrilled and proud to say that our workshop participants have won, placed, or been listed in every major flash competition. Community works.