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Feeling inspired?
When I started writing short stories, I fell in love with it right away because it allows you to explore genres and styles, and you can finish a story fairly quickly (especially if you compare it to my almost five-year anniversary with my novel). But when I’d written a handful of them, I experienced something…
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Telling Stories
We don’t really do it anymore, do we? Tell stories I mean. We read stories out loud, lots of stories, especially to our kids. Today you can even buy books online with your child as the main character. You choose between different themes and send a description of your child’s looks and age, and a…
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Writing a thousand-word story
Keen on discovering new tricks for short stories? Check out my latest post in the series: The playground of writing Source: Writing a thousand-word story
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Writing a thousand-word story
Previously, for the hundred-word story, we looked at action, reaction and change as key elements, and we looked at showing scenes as opposed to telling what’s happening. We also touched on the subject of crafting, and how to focus on specific details rather than generics. All of this we’ll need to write our thousand-word story.…
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How to create a hundred-word story
Source: How to create a hundred-word story There’s a new post on my blog about writing flash fiction. Come check it out!
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How to create a hundred-word story
Is it possible to tell a whole story in a hundred words? Sure it is! We can do it together, now, and I show you how I go about it, but try making your own story, too, as we go along. Where do we begin? With the first sentence. I’ve chosen to begin with something…
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