Highly Unreliable Narrators: A Microfiction Workshop with Meg Pokrass
April 11th-13th
Every narrator is an “unreliable narrator”—this is absolutely true. Which is why this upcoming workshop will be focused on highly, (sometimes) comically and/or tragically unreliable narrators, ie characters living on the edge, magicians, con artists, tall-tale tellers, children who are trying to cope by making things up, etc.
In this 3-day (250 words max) microfiction workshop we’ll be writing stories featuring the quirkiest characters.
Sample stories will be offered and prompt-exercises designed to help bring out your creativity. For examples of a few wonderful unreliable narrator stories, I’d suggest checking out The Fish My Father Gave Me by Frankie McMillan from Atticus Review, and Hatched, by Nicole Rivas in SmokeLong Quarterly.
My prompts are designed to help all writers break through creative barriers. There will be feedback from directly on every story, as well as encouraging peer feedback. Small and supportive. Held in a private Facebook group.
Cost is £140 GBP/ only £130 for paid subscribers to this newsletter.
Writers have been working with Meg Pokrass’ prompts for years and winning stories that have been published in places like The Best Small Ficitons, The Bath Flash Fiction Award, Best Microfiction, Fractured Lit Prize, Brevity, The London Independent Story Prize, McSweeney’s, Maudlin House, Smokelong Quarterly and Wigleaf. All levels welcome.
Enroll here (free subscribers)
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Is this a live workshop or is it asynchronous?