{"id":343,"date":"2021-03-10T23:09:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T23:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/?p=343"},"modified":"2022-03-24T23:12:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T23:12:19","slug":"mar-10-2021-kt-wagner-great-reasons-to-write-short-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/2021\/03\/10\/mar-10-2021-kt-wagner-great-reasons-to-write-short-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Mar 10 2021 &#8211; KT Wagner &#8211; great reasons to write short fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-347 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/64a6d35e-d7a6-4b3a-91aa-24d0ebf628b7-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/64a6d35e-d7a6-4b3a-91aa-24d0ebf628b7-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/64a6d35e-d7a6-4b3a-91aa-24d0ebf628b7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/64a6d35e-d7a6-4b3a-91aa-24d0ebf628b7-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/64a6d35e-d7a6-4b3a-91aa-24d0ebf628b7.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> In 2021 there are plenty of great reasons to write short fiction. From flash fiction to novelettes, the form has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity, and it\u2019s a path to reach readers and connect with publishers. Writing short is a way to test-drive other genres, hone your craft, and stretch your creative muscles. KT will outline a few of the techniques she uses to generate, draft and revise her short fiction. She&#8217;ll also lead participants through a couple of writing exercises and discuss markets. Members and non-members welcome.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>KT&#8217;s\u00a0talk will be via Zoom, starting at 4pm PST, and will be approximately 1 hour.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2021 there are plenty of great reasons to write short fiction. From flash fiction to novelettes, the form has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity, and it\u2019s a path to reach readers and connect with publishers. Writing short is a way to test-drive other genres, hone your craft, and stretch your creative muscles. KT will&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-past-authors-talks","category-26","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions\/348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}