Writing in Your Own Voice and the Gift of Flash

Host Joy Notoma speaks with flash fiction writer, Brianna Johnson, about writing in one’s own voice and how flash fiction can be useful to writers of all genres. We also talk about editing while you generate versus the messy first draft and it’s not what you think!  

 

Participants noted techniques they use to discover voice and how they’re finding the courage to write authentically. We also noted that flash is a poetic genre that uses language in a way that rivals story and character. We were joined by memoirists, poets, and fiction writers (flash, short, and novel).  

 

To connect with our guest, Brianna Johnson, follow her on social media on Twitter @Yellohcard and Instagram @briyelloh.

 

The following are links to resources that came up in our conversation plus a few more that didn’t.

 

“What Writers Really Do When They Write” article by George Saunders

Craft in the Real World book by Matthew Salesses 

Setting the Tone, How to Handle Voice in Your Fiction article in Writers Mag

Flash fiction to read

Passengers Journal

 

Thank you to participants Barbara Diggs, Darlene Eliot, Exetta Harris, Hazel Pritchard, Omi Taylor, Dilys Wyndham Thomas, Luz Whitty, and Hadassah Williams. Special thanks to the one and only Mat “Mat Mat” Poirot for editing and production help.