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Q&A How can I raise the stakes and make a character's decision compelling?

I am currently writing a short story in which the story's climax revolves around the protagonist making and carrying out a decision to take action. I have come to realise that the decision I orig...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by manyaceist‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can a scene be written to be disorienting and not be too confusing to readers?

I've written a scene in a short story where the character and her party are suddenly attacked in the night. It's written in first-person and the character had just been shaken awake from a nightmar...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Trynda E. Adair‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I know whether to revise or submit elsewhere?

I wrote a few short stories over the past few years, and I have shared a few of these with beta readers and asked for feedback. I have one that I decided was ready to go find a home, so I found a j...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Kit Z. Fox‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Lots of confusion over which story to write [closed]

I'm Chetan. I won't say I'm a good writer, but I'm on the journey of becoming one. Okay here's the problem: I have a story in my mind and I really want to write it. But, I'm thinking of starting wi...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by chetan kumar‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you know if your writing can become a story?

Hope this is the right forum to be asking a question! I have been writing every since I can remember, my stories, writings, letters, poems, lessons and emotions were captured from as young as 14,...

0 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Meds‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to move from writing scenes to a short plot?

I've been working professionally as a part-time freelancer journalist for the past couple of years. Over that time I feel I've got a good grasp of how, technically, to construct an engaging piece o...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Bob Tway‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I structure a novel to contain short stories?

I'm planning a novel where the protagonist is an author and regularly writes short stories and shares them with other characters. I see this as a great opportunity to break out of the narrative an...

0 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Liath‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I show that two days have passed in a short story?

So two days before my character is thinking about something and she is in her room. How do I show that two days later her friend is talking to her? Here are my rough sentences: She relaxed whe...

0 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Elsa‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Should I have some restraint when submitting to the more prestigious journals?

I'm an amateur writer who's never been published. I think my stuff is good, I've had others tell me it's good, but I truly don't know where I stand. I love the fiction that get published in popular...

0 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by JLewkovich‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A The president, the nickel and the dime [closed]

Not sure if this is on topic here: I remember back when I was a kid, I read a story about a US president. When he was a kid, he was stupid and fooled by people. They often gave him a choice of a ...

0 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by InformedA‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Getting short fiction published

I feel like I have a pretty good understanding of what to use flash/micro fiction for. I've had several flash fiction works published, and the process was quite illuminating. I'm ready to start ex...

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Kit Z. Fox‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A insecurity with a short story about mountains and love

This is printed on very nice paper. The letters are detailed, elegant and pitch black with slightly blurred edges. You can feel the ink soaking gently in the fibres, right after it was punched by m...

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by messias baby jerk‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Cutting down the length of a short story

I'm writing a short story for an assignment at school - but I'm having trouble keep it short. I have a habit to go off on a tangent quite a bit, and this ends up making it a lot longer than it shou...

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by reallytallmidget‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can several related short-stories make a good base to write a novel?

I've been writing related short-stories for years, but around 10 months ago, I started to think about a novel based on these stories. The same universe, the same main characters but a longer story ...

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Shkeil‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Starting Out - Plot + Charaters by Documentaries [closed]

I gues I could say I am decently good at writing, for someone who doesn't write much besides English 101/102 classes. I have a couple questions, which may proceed some background information to w...

0 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Chris Okyen‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How does one go about publishing erotica, and how far is too far?

I write erotica, it started out as an amusement to see how far I could go, but it became a real passion after three or four stories. I have even published a few online and those stories have become...

0 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Evil Spork‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What are some examples of modern original plots?

In a comment on this answer, a valuable community contributor suggested that it is possible to be totally original in writing, despite the fact that other valuable community members have stated tha...

5 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by justkt‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Decide on a theme/overarching meaning before writing a short story?

I want my short story to have a specific point, to highlight a certain truth. But I wonder in which order I should proceed: make the plot, characters etc. first and worry about fitting my theme int...

3 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Qcom‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭