Short-Form Creative Writing: A Writer's Guide and Anthology is a
complete introduction to the art and craft of extremely compressed works
of imaginative literature. H. K. Hummel and Stephanie Lenox introduce
both traditional and innovative approaches to the short form and
demonstrate how it possesses structure, logic, and coherence while
simultaneously resisting expectations. With discussion questions,
writing prompts, flash interviews, and illustrated key concepts, the
book covers:
- Prose poetry
- Flash fiction
- Micro memoir
- Lyric essay
- Cross-genre/hybrid writing
. . . and much more.
Short-Form Creative Writing also includes an anthology, offering
inspiring examples of short-form writing in all of the styles covered by
the book, including work by Charles Baudelaire, Italo Calvino, Lydia
Davis, Grant Faulkner, Ilya Kaminsky, Jamaica Kincaid, and many others.