In the Micro-Memoir: The Art of Writing Short minicourse, you will learn several techniques for bringing a large story into laser focus, trimming the fat, and using fewer words to tell a high-impact story.

Course Overview:
We specifically examine why writing short stories is beneficial to every writer and specific ways to master this art form.
Here are links to several resources mentioned in this minicourse:
- Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure edited by Rachel Fershleiser and Larry Smith
- Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro Memoirs by Beth Ann Fennelly
- River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative
- Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
- Flash: Writing the Very Short Story by John Dufresne
- How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times by Roy Peter Clark
- The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction edited by Dinty W. Moore
