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October 4, 2023
10 Short Story Ideas to Write Your Next 10 Stories
Use these 10 short story ideas to write ten stories in ten weeks, one a week. I promise your writing life will look different if you do.
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November 27, 2019
My Favorite Writing Quotes
Sometimes, as a writer, it’s nice to not feel alone. After all, writing can be hard, lonely work. Even if you have supportive friends and family, no one can understand what it’s…
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November 14, 2019
How to Write a Great Short Story
In the last year, I've read about 500 short stories, most of them while judging the Show Off writing contest for my website, thewritepractice.com. In that time, I've learned some interesting things…
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August 24, 2019
How to Format a Short Story Manuscript for Submission: a Checklist
When you submit a short story to a literary magazine, the editors expect your story to be formatted in a very particular way. Before you submit, make sure to follow the following…
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April 18, 2019
How to Write a Novel: 20 Tips from a #1 Bestselling Author
Wondering how to write a novel? If so, you’re not alone. More than 10,000 people search “how to write a novel” every month, and for more than a decade I was one…
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September 10, 2012
How to Write a Short Story Only You Could Write
We don't want to just write short stories. We want to write short stories that people want to read, stories that are deep and realistic, stories that draw us into a person's…
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September 6, 2012
How to Write a Short Story: Should You Focus on a Mood or Event?
Edgar Allen Poe said, "A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it." However In Let's Write a Short Story I wrote, "Besides length, one of…
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August 24, 2012
5 Steps to Write a Short Story
How do you write a short story? How is writing a short story different than writing a novel? These are tough questions to answer because there are as many types of short…
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August 23, 2012
Three Ways Short Stories are Different Than Novels
Writing short stories is different than writing novels. Many authors are nervous about writing short stories because they're not sure how short stories differ from novels. Like all forms, short stories have…
