I had the chance to attend the Utah Writers League conference this year because of the generously of a fellow writer, who couldn’t go. Here are my notes.

 To find Flash fiction markets google or on Facebook do a ‘call for submissions’. Also, check out submission grinder:
 Writing is a learned skill
 Toolbox: vocabulary: you improve your vocabulary by reading.
 Grammar: if you don’t know your grammar… it’s too late. One famous author said.
 In order to break the rules, you have to know the rules.
 Paragraphs are maps of intent.
 Don’t write for the muse
 Show don’t tell
 Make the reader sensory participants
 Begin at the action
 Be honest
 Practice
 Rule 17: need to omit needless words.
 Haiku: is an example and essence is cutting. Has a seasonal reference.
 Plot: Exposes ; Rising action ; Climax ; Falling actions ; Resolution/denouement.
 For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Hemingway?
 The bride kept dancing with Steve. Robin hayke.
 Prompt: write on life story in six words, ten words
 Write a story that is the only dialog in less than fifty words.
 Create a story that begins with family common issues.

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