Contact me at susan @ susanbarrtoman.com to bring a Mindful Writing workshop to your group or organization. I’ll create a workshop for your needs, bringing mindfulness to the blank page in a safe, supportive, and fun environment.

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Tiny & True: Creating Flash Essays with Mindfulness

Flash essays are true stories told briefly. They can be written in as few as 6 words and as many as 1,000. Each one is a mindful event in that we bring our full attention and curiosity to a tiny moment and recognize the big universal truth it holds. As we examine its details, we discover our human connectivity, we discover metaphor.

Whether you’re new to flash or a veteran, this six-week generative writing course offers a mindful approach to finding vivid moments and getting words on the page. Each week’s class will begin with a close reading and discussion of published flash work followed by meditation and freewriting in response to a prompt. Over the week, you can work on writing in response to what we discussed in class and submit a piece to me for feedback.

We’ll share our writing with each other offering insight and encouragement. In addition to getting lots of writing done, you will learn about places that publish great flash essays for both inspiration and submission guidelines!

This class is offered through Writers.com.

Dates: April 23 and 30, May 7, 14, 21 and 28
Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm ET
Where: Zoom
Cost: $445.00  $380 SALE! Only through April 19