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Genre Flash Fiction in a Flash! (Halifax) with Corinne Lewandowski

Are you new to writing fiction? New to genre fiction? New to writing anything creative? Flash fiction is here to rescue you! A broad term for stories of under 1000 words, “flash fiction” can be as short as 6 words—and such a short form gives you permission to quickly dive into the interesting, the weird, or the difficult and to zero in on your point. Join Corinne Lewandowski for flash fiction tips, tricks, and techniques—and for enthusiasm about genre fiction! We’ll come up with fun, random story elements, each write our own 50-word flash fiction, and learn how to edit and improve our first drafts.

About the instructor: Corinne Lewandowski lives in Halifax, NS, with her wife and cat and is an award-winning author. Her book Dark Flashes includes her poem “The Sorrow of Souls,” which first appeared in Polar Borealis #27. Corinne’s first dip into dark horror flash fiction, the 500-word “Bad Morning,” was shortlisted for, and published through, the Federation of BC Writers 2022 Literary Contest. Corinne’s latest book, Fantasy Tales: A collection of fractured figments, nosey deities, and battles against the dark, dips into subgenres like magic realism, urban fantasy, and sword and sorcery. When not writing, she enjoys making linocut art, playing board games, and all things geeky. Corinne is an LGBTI author, and diversity is reflected in her work.

Participant cap: 25

Location: BMO Community Room of Halifax Central Library (5440 Spring Garden Rd, Halifax)
     [This library is a wheelchair-accessible venue with all-gender washrooms.]

Date of workshop: Saturday, Oct 11 (12:15pm to 1:00pm)

Participation is free

  • Pre-registration (up to 15 per workshop) is open to WFNS members and non-members alike.
  • Walk-in participants (at least 10 per workshop) will be welcomed on a first-come-first-served basis. Stop by the BMO Community Room (2nd floor, Halifax Central Library) to see if space is available.

Pre-registration for this workshop is closed, but more than 10 walk-in seats remain!

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Experience Levels

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) uses the following terms to describe writers’ experience levels:

  • New writers: those with less than two years’ creative writing experience and/or no short-form publications (e.g., short stories, personal essays, or poems in literary magazines, journals, anthologies, or chapbooks).
  • Emerging writers: those with more than two years’ creative writing experience and/or numerous short-form publications.
  • Early-career authors: those with 1 or 2 book-length publications or the equivalent in book-length and short-form publications.
  • Established authors: those with 3 or 4 book-length publications.
  • Professional authors: those with 5 or more book-length publications.

Please keep in mind that each form of creative writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children and young adults, and others) provides you with a unique set of experiences and skills, so you might consider yourself an ‘established author’ in one form but a ‘new writer’ in another.

The “Recommended experience level” section of each workshop description refers to the above definitions. A workshop’s participants should usually have similar levels of creative writing and / or publication experience. This ensures that each participant gets value from the workshop⁠ and is presented with information, strategies, and skills that suit their career stage. 

For “intensive” and “masterclass” workshops, which provide more opportunities for peer-to-peer feedback, the recommended experience level should be followed closely.

For all other workshops, the recommended experience level is just that—a recommendation—and we encourage potential participants to follow their own judgment when registering.

If you’re uncertain of your experience level with regard to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca