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Flash in the Pen
This five-week class will explore the phenomenon of flash fiction in its many forms. We’ll investigate the origins of flash fiction, from the Bible’s proverbs to Nietzsche’s aphorisms. We’ll analyze the difference between a prose poem and a flash fiction, and examine different modes of expression like monologues, voice-driven stories, and language pieces. Participants will experiment with micro fictions and mini essays and everything in between. Finally, we’ll look at the publishing opportunities available to flash fiction writers today. Flash in the Pen is a generative class with an emphasis on in-class writing; it is not a read-and-critique workshop. The purpose of the class is to challenge participants to answer the question: What kind of flash fiction writer am I? Open to writers of all levels with great enthusiasm (and short attention spans).
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Jim Ruland’s flash fictions have appeared in a number of publications, including The Collagist, Creative Science Quarterly, Del Sol Review, Dossier, elimae, Esquire, The Fanzine, Keyhole, Like Water Burning, McSweeney’s, Mississippi Review, Quick Fiction, SmokeLong Quarterly, Surgery of Modern Warfare, Vocabula Review, Wigleaf, and the anthology Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak. Jim is the recipient of numerous awards, including a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a scholarship from Bread Loaf. He is the curator for the LA-based reading series 
