The book
Let’s Write a Short Story!
It doesn’t just teach you how to write a short story. It shows you which literary magazines to send it to, how to submit, and how to build a writing career with short stories instead of blog posts.
Both on Amazon. The paperback is 100 pages, short enough to finish this week.
What’s inside
Seven chapters take you from your first idea to a story in a magazine.
Let’s Get Started
What a short story is, how long it should be, and why it’s the best place for a new writer to begin.
Effective Story Writing Strategies
Why the only thing that matters in your story is what your characters do.
Write a Better Story
How not to begin your story, and what to cut when you only have a few pages.
Get Rid of Writer’s Block
Why you get stuck, and how to start writing again when you can’t get going.
Editing to Perfection
How to edit your draft into a story you’re proud to send out.
Submitting Your Short Story
How to send your story to magazines, even when it feels like sitting naked on the subway.
How to Get the Most Out of Your Stories
How your published stories can build your readership better than a blog can.
Plus a list of literary magazines to send your story to, and a checklist for formatting it before you do.
What readers say
“Honesty time: I’d really given up on the idea that I could write short stories. I was a novelist, and that was that. Or so I thought until I read this book.”
Ruthanne Reid
“I’ve wanted to write a short story for a while, but wanting and writing are not the same. With Joe’s help, I just might do it.”
Jeff Goins, author of Wrecked
“This book focuses not just on how to craft a great short story, but how to position the writer to actually get published.”
Dan Blank, platform coach
“Makes me want to start a new story right now!”
C. S. Lakin, novelist, blogger, and writing coach
“By the time I finished the introduction, I was ready to write a short story.”
Rhonda Kline, The Write Spark
“It is the most practical resource for short fiction that I’ve ever seen.”
Jason Hague
“If I were alive, I would read this book.”
Ernest Hemingway, author
Free workbook
After only two weeks and a day, you will have written and submitted a short story.
The workbook takes you through 15 days, from finding your idea to pressing submit, one small step a day.
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