Setting(brief but poetic and vivid),Plot(as simple and interesting as possible),Conflict(intense but one), andTheme(relating to majority of readers). These elements would become clearer subsequently in 10 Tips (2 per element) for How to Write Short Stories....
Writing short stories is a great way to hone your writing skills and explore different types of fiction. It can be a challenge to fit an entire narrative into a few hundred words, but with some practice it’s possible to create intriguing and engaging stories within this framework. When writ...
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How to Write a Short Story, Get Published & Make Money uses my published short stories as case studies. These real-life examples show you exactly how I used the tips and advice contained in the book to write competition winning stories, get them published and get paid for my writing. The...
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How to write a poem Writing a poem isn’t the same as writing a short story, an essay, an email, or any other type of writing. While each of these other kinds of writing requires a unique approach, they all have one thing in common: they’re prose. Poetry isn’t prose, as we...
My primary creative outlet is writing. As a teenager I wrote short stories and poems. Later I worked as a financial journalist and wrote investment articles. Nowadays I channel my words into my websites. I have always felt the need to make sense of things and write them down, to help el...
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Let's say you want to write about how you manage depression without taking any medicine. This could go in any number of ways, but isolating a purpose will help you focus your writing and choose which stories to tell. Are you advocating for a holistic approach, or do you want to describe...
The career-minded self-publisher should note that novels sell much better than short stories. (But here’s some specific advice for short story writers.) And it’s far easier to build a full-time income if you write a series versus only publishing standalones. At least, that’s true for...