A complete introduction to the art and craft of extremely compressed works of imaginative literature, this book, now in its 2nd edition, introduces both traditional and innovative approaches to the short form and demonstrates how it possesses structure, logic, and coherence while simultaneously resisting expectations.With discussion questions, writing prompts, flash interviews, and illustrated key concepts, the book covers prose poetry, flash fiction, micro memoir, lyric essay, cross-genre/hybrid writing and much more. Two new chapters explore how to spark inspiration and innovation, and how to take the next steps by collaborating with partners and preparing work for publication. In this revised and expanded edition, H. K. Hummel and Stephanie Lenox present the ultimate companion to writing short fiction, featuring microplays, new short-form tactics, and a dozen fresh anthology pieces by Eve L. Ewing, Ross Gay, Jayne Anne Phillips, Gertrude Stein, and Jean Toomer, along with one-sentence student workshops that spotlight small but powerful moves in the short form.The extensive anthology showcases sixty short-form works including microplays and pieces by writers from Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Canada, France, Greece, Bosnia, and the U.S., offering a vibrant mix of styles, forms, themes, and voices.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-03-05
Mått156 x 232 x 26 mm
Vikt399 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBloomsbury Writer's Guides and Anthologies
Antal sidor336
Upplaga2
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350459304

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H. K. Hummel is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA. She is the author of the poetry collections, Lessons in Breathing Underwater (2019), Boytreebird (2013), and Handmade Boats (2010).Stephanie Lenox is an instructional editor for Chemeketa Press at Chemeketa Community College, USA. She is the author of the poetry collections, The Business (2016), Congress of Strange People (2012), and The Heart That Lies Outside the Body (2007).

List of FiguresList of TablesPreface for the Second EditionPart I: an Introduction to Short-form Creative WritingChapter 1: Revolutionary Short FormsChapter 2: Inspiration and InnovationPart II: the Craft of Short-form Creative WritingChapter 3: Making SenseChapter 4: Deep ConversationsChapter 5: Moving Through Time and SpaceChapter 6: Microcosmic DesignChapter 7: How to Leap: Aha Moments and Symbolic LogicChapter 8: Finding Your FunnyChapter 9: Misfit PleasuresPart III: Strategies for Short-form Creative WritingChapter 10: Beg, Borrow, and StealChapter 11: Not So Fast! Strategic RevisionChapter 12: What’s Next?Part IV: Short-form AnthologyAppendix A: Student WorkAppendix B: Genre IndexEnd NotesContributor BiosBibliographyIndex

PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION:Although this book is a writing guide and anthology for the short form, Hummel and Lenox include sections on key concepts that are relevant to any class in writing fiction--for example, image, voice, style. The authors address thematic and stylistic concerns of brevity in recurring chapter features such as ‘One-Sentence Workshop,’ which allow students to try out aspects of short-form technique. The opening chapter includes an in-depth history of the short form, a rare offering in such ‘flash’ textbooks … The authors include work by writers as varied as Charles Baudelaire, Terry Tempest Williams, and Ocean Vuong, and the result is a thoughtfully produced volume offering variety in theme and approach, national origin, cultural background, and time period … Summing Up: Recommended. - CHOICE[A] comprehensive book with helpful sections on narrative voice, time and space, sentence structure, logic, humor, revision, and other integral elements of craft specifically geared toward the short creative prose form. The guide is filled with writing exercises and prompts, and includes an anthology of over fifty exemplary short-form pieces. - Poets & WritersA complete introduction to the art and craft of extremely compressed works of imaginative literature. Aspiring writers are introduced to both traditional and innovative approaches to the short form and demonstrate how it possesses structure, logic, and coherence while simultaneously resisting expectations … While especially and unreservedly recommended for community, college, and university library Literary Studies and Writing/Publishing collections, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of students and aspiring writers. - Midwest Book Review