Wed, October 21st, 7 – 9 PM ET/6 – 8 PM CT/4 – 6 PM PT (Zoom)
Join writer Tommy Dean for a two-hour generative writing session focused on creating one full flash draft from opening to ending to everything in between. We’ll look at model texts and use prompts for each element of a successful flash, including openings, escalation, backstory, metaphor, middles, endings, and titles. Instead of 5-6 separate starts, we’ll focus on crafting one cohesive story, using inspiring prompts for each craft element. Come create a complete and urgent story with your fellow writers and me!
Details
- Date: October 21, 2026 (Zoom)
- Time: 7:00–9:00 PM ET
- Instructor: Tommy Dean
- Cost: $30
How to Pay: Space is limited, so please sign up early. Venmo your deposit @LoungeWriters with your email address. In notes, add: Flash. (The last 4 digits of the phone number are 9616, if Venmo asks.) Email Oksana Marafioti at info@loungewriters.com if you have questions or would rather pay by Zelle or PayPal.
Your Instructor: Tommy Dean is an associate literary agent with Talcott Notch, the author of two flash fiction chapbooks, Special Like the People on TV (Redbird Chapbooks, 2014) and Covenants (ELJ Editions, 2021), and a full flash collection, Hollows (Alternating Current Press, 2022). This Fear We Harbor, a flash collection, is forthcoming in March 2027 (Unsolicited Press). He lives in Indiana, where he is currently the editor of Fractured Lit and Uncharted Magazine. A recipient of the 2019 Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction, his writing can be found in Monkeybicycle, Laurel Review, Moon City Review, Pithead Chapel, Harpur Palate, and many other litmags. He has taught writing workshops for the Gotham Writers Workshop, The Writers Center, and The Writers Workshop. He has spoken or taught sessions at the Writers Digest Conference, the Midwest Writers Conference, Killer Nashville, New England Crime Bake, and others. Find him at tommydeanwriter.com and on IG @tommydeantommydean.
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