{"id":4958,"date":"2019-08-04T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=4958"},"modified":"2019-08-01T12:11:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T16:11:35","slug":"i-took-a-flash-fiction-class-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-stack-of-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/04\/i-took-a-flash-fiction-class-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-stack-of-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"I Took A Flash Fiction Class And All I Got Was This Lousy Stack Of Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1175\" data-attachment-id=\"4959\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/04\/i-took-a-flash-fiction-class-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-stack-of-stories\/paper-623167_1920\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/paper-623167_1920.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1175\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"paper-623167_1920\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/paper-623167_1920.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/paper-623167_1920.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/paper-623167_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/paper-623167_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/paper-623167_1920-600x367.jpg 600w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/paper-623167_1920-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/paper-623167_1920-200x122.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> I know I&#8217;ve gone on about this a few times but I can&#8217;t say enough about the flash fiction workshop at <strong>LitReactor taught by Richard Thomas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a grueling two weeks. Reading and lectures and then a short story due the next day. Then wash, rinse and repeat again. But I came away with <strong>a stack of stories<\/strong> in various stages. Some are closer to being finished and ready to submit than others. But I <strong>learned so much<\/strong> in such a short time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing I&#8217;ll take away from this class is to <strong>trust my instincts more<\/strong>. Usually when an idea isn&#8217;t gelling for me, I leave it to work on something else. Well, I didn&#8217;t have time for that in this class. I had no choice but to keep working away at it until I could see where I was going wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also learned that even if you like something you&#8217;ve written, that <strong>doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean it needs to be in the story<\/strong>. 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