How do we bring our characters to life? How do we get them to interact in their own unique fashion with the world around them? This flash fiction course explores body language, the senses, dialogue, internal thought and perspective.
In each topic, we'll use example texts to explore techniques we might incorporate into our own writing. These are presented alongside warm-up and preparatory writing exercises with everything leading towards a final flash fiction challenge at the end of the topic.
The reading list for this course includes pieces by Melissa Bernal Austin, K M Elkes, Kelsey Ipsen, John Jodzio, Angie Sijun Lou, Pamela Naaki Tetteh, Nuala O'Connor, Elisabeth Ingram Wallace, Abdulbaseet Yusuff, and Tara Isabel Zambrano.
Each topic is designed to be worked through in roughly four or five hours. The course is fully asynchronous (work-at-your-own-pace) and fully online to allow course participants to fit it in around their other commitments.
Matt Kendrick is a writer, editor and teacher based in the East Midlands, UK. His short fiction has appeared in various journals, and has been included on the Biffy 50 list for 2019-20, in Best Microfiction 2021, Best Small Fictions 2022 and the Wigleaf Top 50 2022. He works as a freelance editor and creative writing tutor, drawing on his knowledge of languages and other art forms to inform his workshops on lyrical writing, glorious words, colourful characters and writing flow.
Dates: 4th - 17th August 2025
Location: Online
Cost: This is a pay-what-you-can workshop. The recommended price is £105
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