WANT TO WRITE FLASHÂ FICTION OR MEMOIR BUT DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET STARTED?
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SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHICH IDEA TO CHOOSE...
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OR ITÂ FEELS IMPOSSIBLE TOÂ FIND TIME TO WRITE...
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BUT WHAT IF YOU ONLY NEEDED 5 MINUTES A DAY?
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Introducing...
THE SOUL OF STORYTELLING: HOW TO WRITE FLASH FICTION OR MEMOIR IN 5 MINUTES OR LESSÂ Â Â
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It’s a myth that writing has to be slow and difficult.
It doesn’t.
Are you ready to discover the AMAZING flash fiction or memoir you can write when you follow the right steps?
Some people think writing flash is a mysterious process, that it can’t be boiled down to a formula.Â
But the truth is, there IS a formula to writing a piece of flash.
There is a process that writers follow, whether they're aware of it or not.
And that process is reliable. It works for ALL types of writing from literary fiction to genre fiction.Â
Writing flash fiction or memoir becomes easy once you know the process.Â
Writing becomes fun again, and so deeply rewarding!Â
That’s why many authors continue to write flash their whole lives.
Hi, I'm Tessa Smith McGovern. I've taught writing for 26 years (since 2011 at The Writing Institute, Sarah Lawrence College). I'm also an award-winning, Amazon best-selling writer selected as a 'Featured' author by Kirkus Reviews.
My new online course, compiled from my 26 years of experience as a writer and an instructor, can teach you this process and unlock all the stories inside you.Â
And the best part? You can use this course over and over again - simply make new choices each time you go through the videos and write as many stories as you like.
Keep scrolling to learn more about THE SOUL OF STORYTELLING: HOW TO WRITE FLASH FICTION OR MEMOIR IN 5 MINUTES OR LESS
Let me teach you the cure for writer's block and unfinished drafts.
The hard truth is this: Sometimes, even though you yearn to write and know you have stories inside you, life’s just too busy and you haven’t got time to think up any good ideas. It can feel like the Muse has abandoned you.
At other times, you walk around with characters and story ideas in your head and maybe you get a few ideas down on paper - or you even start to write the story - but then things blow up at work or the cat gets ill or your family needs you and those ideas - suffocated by inattention and lack of time - evaporate.
And it can be hard to work on a story when you don’t know if your idea will work in the first place.
What would be a good first sentence?
What if your idea is boring?
How do you craft a satisfying ending?
So days turn into weeks and still you haven’t written the story. Before you realize it, that pressing, once-vital idea evaporates into thin air.
The story that could-have-been never sees the light of day while other writers, with stories that might be less compelling, continue to write and publish.
How do they do it? They have a process.Â
Imagine if you had a process too...your words will flow and you’ll never lose another idea to the ether again.
And after 30 years of writing and 26 years of teaching, I've discovered the #1 most effective way to get your flash fiction or memoir written.
Even if you've started and abandoned a piece of flash before, or even if you’ve never even begun to capture your ideas on paper…
It's not too late to start.Â
I promise you, it's not too late to turn everything around.
Imagine if you could let go of self-doubt and get your ideas out of your head and onto the page? If you could just feel the satisfaction of getting that flash fiction or memoir written?Â
- ​Break the endless pattern of thinking about the ideas your soul is dreaming and wishing you could write them and instead, easily get those words down on the page
- ​Stop reading other people’s stories or watching TV and thinking, I could write that! and start enjoying the process of crafting your own stories.Â
- ​Go to bed each night feeling satisfied because you’ve shown up for your Soul
- Feel excited about the next day’s creativity
- Enjoy the deep sense of accomplishment that comes from finishing a story in a way that scratches the deepest itch. In a way that delights and satisfies youÂ
- ​Feel the joy of capturing your creativity in a productive way, of creating a piece of flash others can also enjoy.
- Easily finish your first piece of flash, and many more, using this course
- Become the writer you long to be
...all just by taking this ONE course and following the steps inside.
What if you could start seeing results in five minutes?
Yes, really.
In five minutes you can get a solid first draft of your flash on the page.
What if you become familiar with the elements of flash - if your mind quickly and easily internalizes the blueprints - and those ideas in your head become flash stories that readers can enjoy?Â
What if you could start and finish your flash in five minutes with my step-by-step guide that'll make you confident your idea is solid?
What if this was the best time investment you ever made in your writing journey?Â
I’m sure you know many people who have goals to write but year after year nothing changes. They’re still stuck in the same old rut. You don’t want that.
None of us is immortal. We only have a limited time on this earth to create something meaningful. But if we don’t take action, it’ll never happen.
This course will lead you easily, step by step, through the process.
Very often, what gets in the way is the story in our head that says, "I have to write a perfect story."Â
We dream of creating a story that does this because it’s exactly the experience we had as readers. It’s probably one of the things that made us want to write in the first place.
But it’s a trap!Â
A trap we create for ourselves...it's self-sabotage, pure and simple.
Writers know the first draft won’t be perfect and the pain of falling short of our dream - of disappointing ourselves - stops us from moving forward.
What if, instead, you could...
Break the endless pattern of procrastination
and replace it with fun, quick techniques that GET YOU INSPIRED and writing.
Go to bed each night feeling satisfied
that you tended your Soul and FURTHERED YOUR PROGRESS AS A WRITER.
Easily face down the blinking cursor
on an empty page, armed with the tools to WRITE A SUCCESSFUL PIECE OF FLASH that you learn in this course.
Why do we sabotage ourselves?
We don't mean to.
We forget that those stories that inspired us were once rough first drafts, too.
If your favorite authors had never written the first, rough draft, those stories you love wouldn’t exist.
And it’s exactly the same with YOUR flash fiction or memoir.
If you don’t get the first rough draft on the page, you have nothing to revise. Nothing to turn into a powerful piece of flash.
And I know what you might be thinking here - what if I write something that’s so rough, I can’t turn it into a satisfying story?
I totally get it. No one wants that.
There’s a way to approach your flash fiction or memoir so that your first draft IS powerful and solid.Â
Not perfect, but SOLID. Solid enough that you’ll clearly see its value, you'll have shared a piece of your Soul, and you’ll be excited to finish it.
Introducing...
THE SOUL OF STORYTELLING: WRITE FLASH FICTION OR MEMOIR IN 5 MINUTES OR LESS
The course can be used over and over to write dozens of pieces of flash even if:
- You've never done it before
- You have no ideas
- You have too MANY ideas!
- You don't know how
- You've started and stopped writing and given up in the past
This course contains everything you'll need to write as many pieces of flash fiction or memoir as you like.
HERE’S WHAT’S INCLUDED:
Welcome and Course Introduction
VIDEO 1 What is Flash Fiction or Flash Memoir?Â
VIDEO 2Â What is longer Flash?Â
VIDEO 3 The Types of Flash Fiction.Â
VIDEO 4 Narrative Structure - How to Build Tension Sentence by Sentence
BONUS 1Â LOVING KINDNESS MEDITATION FOR WRITERSÂ Apply the principles of loving-kindness meditation to improve your memory, focus, and productivity.
BONUS 2 LIST OF 20+ MOST APPROACHABLE LITERARY JOURNALSÂ Â Â
By the end of this course, you'll have a process for creating your artistic legacy by building a body of work you love and value.Â
Thousands of readers love reading flash fiction and memoir.
It's the easiest of form of writing to get published because there are hundreds of literary journals that publish flash and the flash doesn't take much space.
 GOT QUESTIONS DURING THE COURSE?
COME TO TESSA'S FREE WEEKLY WRITINGÂ WORKSHOPS AND SUBMISSION PARTIES ON ZOOM - TUESDAYS AT 12 NOON ET AND WEDNESDAYS AT 6 PM ET.Â
Keep your momentum going (or easily start writing again), improve your craft, and submit your stories for publication in these two fun, free, weekly sprints. The Zoom links will arrive in your email one hour prior to each workshop.
It's time to share your legacy.
Become the writer you’ve always longed to be with this step-by-step, simple guide.
Here's What To Do Next
Your investment in THE SOUL OF STORYTELLING: WRITE FLASH FICTION OR MEMOIR IN 5 MINUTES OR LESS is just $385Â $197.
As soon as you place your order, you can expect an email with a receipt and a link that grants you instant access to the whole course.
You can access it anytime, anywhere, on your phone, tablet, or desktop without having to wait for an arbitrary start date.
Terms of Purchase
Once you buy this course, it will be available to you forever.
You can use it repeatedly to complete dozens of stories by making different choices as you go through the videos.
All the videos and downloadable PDFs are available to you instantly, in full, and so there are no refunds.
This Course Is Perfect for:Â
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This course is for people who wish they could get their flash fiction or memoirs written
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 It's for people with any level of experience, from beginners to published writers
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 It’s for people who are willing to consider that something they thought was hard - even torturous - actually doesn’t have to beÂ
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 It’s for people who’re open to the idea that writing a worthwhile piece of flash can be satisfying and enjoyable. Even fun!Â
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 It’s for people who are tired of letting time slip by and feeling guilty for not writing
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 For people who are ready to consider that showing up to explore the stories of their Soul can actually be one of the easiest things we do
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 It’s for writers who want a streamlined, simple system for easily writing story after story
This Course May Not Be For:
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This course is not for people who aren’t willing to consider new ideas
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It’s not for people who want to cling to the idea that writers must suffer for their art
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It’s not for people who are comfortable letting the months and years slip by without fulfilling their dream and becoming the writer they long to be
Client Testimonial
“Tessa was a remarkable teacher...Her vision was timeless and inspired, and her course was truly life-changing for me.”
Jeanne Chinard, The Writing Institute, Sarah Lawrence College, NY
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Client Testimonial
“Tessa...brought fresh energy, inspiration, and creative ideas to her workshop. The impossible no longer feels impossible, thanks to Tessa.”
Ellen Luborsky, PhD
Student, The Writing Institute, Sarah Lawrence College, NY Fall 2020
Client Testimonial
“Tessa...has valuable insight into the psychology of writing and writers.”
Jeanette Gould, The Writing Institute, Sarah Lawrence College, NY
FAQs
Will this course work if I’m a complete beginner?
Yes! Remember that your subconscious mind has been recording stories since before you were five. This course will teach you all about the process of writing flash and how to write one. Your Soul dreams the stories and the mind executes them. You have a lot of stories inside you, even if you’ve never written one before.
Will this course work if I’ve already finished, or even published, some stories?
Yes. It will make your next flash fiction or memoir even more powerful and much more fun to write!Â
Does knowing this simple process for writing flash mean you’ll write the same story repeatedly? Will it inhibit your originality?
No. It’s a process that provides inspiration and structure without limiting your imagination in any way.
Will knowing this process magically turn you into Anne Tyler or Neil Gaiman overnight?Â
No. But then, you wouldn’t want that. The only artist you want to be is YOU.
There’s only one of you in the world, with your unique sensibilities and skills, and that’s the writer -- the artist -- that you can become.
Will this course work for people who struggle with perfectionism?
Yes! Writing flash is LITERALLY the antidote to perfectionism. It will show you how to let go of the outcome, get into flow, and easily write your flash pieces.Â
Will this course work for non-techie people?
Yes. Just watch (or listen to) the video every week, read the daily email you receive that has prompts, and download the PDF that goes with each video. That’s it!
