The whole thing in only around 1000-1500 words long and is about suicide/depression. PM me if you'd be interested in reading it, and have some...
I think plotting short stories is vastly different than plotting novels. Which speaks to a dilemma I have: posting to boards concerned with...
Hi there! I'm Kyle, and I'm an aspiring short horror story writer. To give you a bit of who I am as a person, I'm 25 and currently work as a...
What does the forum think is the ideal word count range for a short story? What is too much?
Hey just looking for someone interested in beta reading an upcoming project I'm about to do. It'll be a short story of at least 10k words but no...
Hey guys, I hope everyone is doing well :) So I have spent the last few months sending my short stories out to different magazines, but to no...
this is based off a dream, no outside references at all so I'm trying to write this /story/ magic in this world works as "charged particles" as...
Hi all, I love short stories. They are all I read and write these days. I have my opinions on what makes for a great short story and I am...
Hello, I'm in need of some short story recommendations - either singular stories or collections. I am taking a class focused on short stories...
Hi everyone. I am totally new to writing but I really want to write. For a few years now, I am thinking about that. Somebody suggested me to...
I don't know how many of you short story writers are like me, but I'm pretty sure revision could go on forever if I let if. But I'm so sick of...
Currently, I have begun work on a project that bears the placeholder name "The Complete Detective Ezra Hawkins Anthology". My intent is to...
I have always wanted to write, I have had a love of books my entire life. I have always been drawn to books based on real life events such as...
Hi all. I`m curious about submitting short stories in magazines. I`ve been writing short stories for a while now and am building up a few finished...
Hello, I have been working on a novel for the last seven or so years. During that time have been lucky enough to have a mentor, who trained as...
Hello Writing-Community, So, sometimes it is easy to write what you wanna say in short sentence. For example, the sentences “I hate thunder.” is...
How short can your novel be and still have somewhat of a chance out there in the publishing world? I'm not writing genre so I don't know if makes...
I notice a lot that I hear thing like 50k-70k long isn't a full novel. Are these shorter lengths a dying breed? I tend to write shorter novels and...
You know the drill. Write the saddest story you can with only two sentences. (Also, we all know the one about the unused baby shoes, so don't...
[MEDIA] The OP seems adamant that it's all real, but does it seem like a being in character thing? (I sent him a PM saying ''nice creepypasta,...
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