Writing a short story

Back when I was a high school English teacher, I required my Sophomore students to give a how-to speech as a major part of their final grade. The purpose was to teach them how to speak in front of people, how to communicate, and how to give clear directions. As you can imagine, the speeches … Continue reading How to write a short story in 5 easy steps

Use this short story template from Writers Write, your one-stop writing resource, to help you outline and write your story.

This step by step guide will help you write an awesome short story – fast and easy.

Writing short stories is great practice for novels.

A short story is a piece of fiction between 1,000 and 7,500 words. Learn how to write a short story in this comprehensive guide to the form.

Effectively and efficiently prepare to write your short story and set yourself up for success.

Caleb Galloway, Guest Contributor Writing short stories can be daunting for beginning writers. For a long time I did not even try because I believed failure was inevitable. But once I actually forced myself to give it a go, I realized that it’s really a lot less intimidating than it seems!

I've been looking for unique short story ideas to help me boost my creative writing skills, and these are such great short story ideas!

Undeniably, short stories are difficult to master. After all, while a novel has enough room for you to write expansively, a short story only affords you around 1,000 to 10,000 words with which to introduce your world, tell your tale, and wrap it up. As prolific author and now fellow Minnesotan Neil Gaiman puts it, … Continue reading 5 Short Story Writing Tips from Professional Authors