Periagoge
Course

Short fiction and the short form in Practice: Apply short fiction's principles to your own work through close examination of craft in action. You'll learn to recognize when a story has found its necessary length and how to build maximum effect within tight constraints.

Master the art of brevity. Learn how professional writers maximize impact in short fiction and apply these powerful techniques to your own work.

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Concepts in this course
Concept
Aesthetic Distance and Emotional Proximity
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Courtly Subtext and Social Performance
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Mono no Aware: The Pathos of Things
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Seasonal Correspondence and Emotional State
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Sensory Precision as Emotional Language
AI prompts in this course
AI Prompt
Where Are You with Short fiction and the short form?
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What Would Change if You Got Short fiction and the short form Right?
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If You're Honest About Short fiction and the short form...
AI Prompt
Short fiction and the short form and the Choices You're Making
AI Prompt
What's Holding You Back with Short fiction and the short form?
Part of these journeys
Journey
The Examined Path Through Short fiction and the short form
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Mura guides you through this course personally — adapting to your situation, not a script.