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.

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