Tips for writing short stories

Sunday, May 29th, 2011

Writing short stories can be a great creative experience and very fulfilling. There are tricks and tips for writing a really great short story that can be found easily. One of the great things about a short story is that it is packed with adjectives. The use of very powerful adjectives goes a long way [...]

The art of writing a short story

Saturday, May 14th, 2011

The hard part of writing a ‘short story’ is knowing exactly what a ‘short story’ is to start with. Therein lies a problem. Many writers will disagree on what compromises a ‘short story’. It varies from 1,000 words up to as many as 20,000 words. There are also many publishers as well who won’t publish [...]