Grant Faulkner at San Francisco Writers Conference

Hyatt Regency San Francisco, CA

Cover of The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story by Grant Faulkner foreword by Megan GiddingsWith increased compression, every word, every sentence matters more. A writer must learn how to form narratives around caesuras and crevices instead of strings of connections, to move a story through the symbolic weight of images, to master the power of suggestion.

With elegant prose, deep readings of other writers, and scaffolded writing exercises, The Art of Brevity takes the reader on a lyrical exploration of compact storytelling, guiding readers to heighten their awareness of not only what appears on the page but also what doesn’t.

Grant Faulkner is the executive director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and the cofounder of 100 Word Story. His work has been widely anthologized in flash-fiction collections, and he is the author of several books, including All the Comfort Sin Can ProvideFissures, and Nothing Short of 100: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story.