Update: We now have over 100 short story ideas on this list. These are all bona fide story prompts that you can turn into full short stories. These are not just writing exercises to get your brain doodling. If you write one of these ideas, you have a very good chance of being publish...
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Drawing on insights from Reader-Response Theory and drone fiction critical approaches, this study delineates how Mohsin Hamid's short story Terminator: Attack of the Drone (2011) prompts readers to affectively engage in the process of reconstructing this text and empathise with the drone victims. ...
But prompts are also…Read More 25 Story Starters for Writing Fiction Are you a storyteller? Do you want to be a storyteller? If you’re interested in writing flash fiction, short stories, or novels, then you’re going to need lots of ideas, especially if you want to write professionally...
Throughout this 10-lesson course, students will be taught how to think and write like writers as they read and imitate works of short fiction appropriate but challenging for their grade level. Classic short story authors covered in this course will include Isaac Asimov, Gary Soto, Ray Bradbury...
“The writers shortlisted in this year’s Bath Short Story Award have understood this: that each component part must work in harmony, be in service to a story that must entertain… In my selection I have chosen the stories that resonated with me, the ones that having read them for a thir...
Fiction has the incredible power to transport us to different worlds, introduce us to fascinating characters, and ignite our imaginations. Whether it’s a captivating novel, a gripping short story, or an enchanting fairy tale, fiction has the ability to captivate and entertain us in countless way...
Suddenly I am falling, still in pitch-black darkness that tears through my hair. Up is down, and down is up as I tumble. I lose all sense of direction. I don't know where I am falling or when I will stop. It seems like an eternity before I wake up. ...
This is a “drabble,” a short story of exactly 100 words, in response to a prompt and picture from Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction. Missing Intentional Manifestation Unit On March 29, 2024 By guitarsophistIn fictionLeave a comment An Epistolary Deity Supply Enterprises We Bend the Universe ...
No, no go slow here. Talissa put pedal to the metal on the freeways of life, no longer anyone's little girl. This was definitely not the time for chatting, despite the magazine's advice. Posted Mar 10, 2023 Share: Report this story...