Brooklyn Brainery
Grab Bag with Joe Pfister

Looking Back or Moving Forward: The Importance of Backstory and Flashback in Your Fiction - ONLINE CLASS

Looking Back or Moving Forward: The Importance of Backstory and Flashback in Your Fiction - ONLINE CLASS
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Backstory. Flashback. What’s the difference? How much is too much? In this discussion-based craft workshop, we will read and analyze key examples from well-known authors such as Nick White, Amor Towles, and Sally Rooney. We’ll explore the ins and outs of tense, point of view, and narrative momentum when deciding where and how to employ these techniques in your fiction.

Joe Pfister

About Joe Pfister

Joe Pfister is a writer, teacher, and Tecmo Super Bowl enthusiast living in Brooklyn. His fiction has appeared in such publications as PANK, Juked, and New World Writing. He is a graduate of the MFA Writing program at Sarah Lawrence College and currently serves as fiction editor for The Boiler Journal.