Compression: Joy Inneh
“Compression is an art form. It is far too easy to lay out a path that leads to the destination, but a wonder to hold the single brick and know exactly where you’re going.” — Joy Inneh
Compression: William Cordeiro
“If brevity is the soul of wit, I want my work to disappear. The more that is taken out, the lighter my writing will seem, the more transparent, while yet those erasures summon the weight of what is not there. Absence echoes the quiet voice within the whorling shell of one’s own ear.” — William Cordeiro
Compression: Bruce Costello
“Compression. My technique is to provide the reader with evocative hints into the true reality of the inner lives of the characters through brief dialogue,descriptions, actions and reactions and revealed thoughts – to state little but suggest lots to turn the reader’s imagination away from stereotyped perceptions of characters, roles and settings.” — Bruce Costello
Compression: Luke MacLean
“Compression is an alternative to Ritalin.” — Luke MacLean
Compression: Michael Monson
“Compression—wonderful idea because, honestly, anything else is just insufficient editing and a lack of respect for the reader’s time.” — Michael Monson
Compression: Lori White
“Compression allows room for expansion in the reading, which may sound counterintuitive at first until we’re struck by a largeness from something so deceivingly contained.” — Lori White
Compression: Tiffany White
“A moment can define a relationship for a lifetime. Just a few seconds, a few minutes, what is said or implied or done can indicate the strength or weakness of both parties involved. And from that can be consequences neither wants.” — Tiffany White
Compression: Brian Duke
“Compression is the mother of all rationality.” — Brian Duke
Compression: Alina Yudkevich
“Compression passed you on a busy street once. You didn’t feel a thing.” — Alina Yudkevich
Matter Press is now offering private flash fiction workshops and critiques of flash fiction collections here.
Upcoming:
03/23 • Kenneth Pobo
03/30 • Roberta Allen
04/06 • Avril Shakira Villar
04/13 • TBD
04/20 • TBD
04/27 • TBD
05/04 • TBD
05/11 • TBD
05/18 • TBD
05/25 • TBD
06/01 • TBD
06/08 • TBD
06/15 • TBD
06/22 • TBD
06/29 • TBD
07/06 • TBD
07/13 • TBD
07/20 • TBD
07/27 • TBD
08/03 • TBD
08/10 • TBD
08/17 • TBD
08/24 • TBD
08/31 • TBD
09/07 • TBD
09/14 • TBD
09/21 • TBD