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Under compression, carbon becomes a diamond and granite transforms into a multilayered rock. In short-form writing, less has to provide more, every word carrying additional weight, every image assisting in creating a world with no time to spend wandering through the story. Learn to get in and get out, to go short, cut, compress, to build an interesting frame and give your reader clues to fill in a satisfying story. Grab your paper, pen or computer and find out how constraints can make your writing soar!

Lori Thatcher’s penchant for short-form writing, from flash and micro-fiction to memoir is indisputable. Her six-word memoir was feature of the day on SMITH Magazine’s website, and her short stories have been published in It’s a Crime, and in My Wheels. She has led writing groups in Massachusetts and Florida, edited and published anthologies of writing by others, created websites for writers and mentored beginning writers. Lori is currently working on a chained flash fiction novel, Lulu’s Best Florida RV Resort and Trailer Park. When not navigating the angst of fictional people, she splits her time between Maine and Florida.