About Course

Discover the art of crafting powerful short fiction through focused narrative techniques. This course explores structure, point of view, pacing, and voice to help you write concise, emotionally resonant stories. You’ll work with classic and contemporary examples, practice targeted exercises, and learn revision strategies tailored to the short‐story form.

What Will You Learn?

  • How to choose and sustain the optimal point of view for impact
  • Techniques for effective story openings and satisfying closures
  • Methods to build tension and control pacing in a limited word count
  • Strategies for developing memorable characters quickly
  • Approaches to layering theme and subtext in tight narratives
  • Revision tactics specific to sharpening short fiction

Course Content

Foundations of Short Fiction

  • Crafting Memorable Beginnings

Structure & Style