Short story writing

30-Day Short Story Challenge - Write right from your soul - Thirty Darts

A short story is a piece of fiction between 1,000 and 7,500 words. Learn how to write a short story in this comprehensive guide to the form.

Writing short stories is great practice for novels.

I've been looking for unique short story ideas to help me boost my creative writing skills, and these are such great short story ideas!

This is a follow up to my worksheet on guidelines for writing a short story. They follow the instructions to build up the anecdote into a short story. On page 2, an example on how it can be done with some questions. - ESL worksheets

Short story writing is an art form. When I’m judging competitions, I’ve noticed that regardless of genre, the main reasons why I don’t place a story is often then same… there’s a few re…

Over 250 short story ideas to inspire you to write your next short story. From sci-fi, adventure and even friendship and animal story ideas.

Undeniably, short stories are difficult to master. After all, while a novel has enough room for you to write expansively, a short story only affords you around 1,000 to 10,000 words with which to introduce your world, tell your tale, and wrap it up. As prolific author and now fellow Minnesotan Neil Gaiman puts it, … Continue reading 5 Short Story Writing Tips from Professional Authors

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Are you a pantser or a plotter when you write your books or stories? Follow this simple Short Story outline to help you plot a short story the easy way.