Comments on: Mistakes to avoid in Short Story Writing

By: Terry Tyler

Terry Tyler — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 06:40:01 +0000

Biggest short story ‘fail’ that I see over and over again is, as you put, not realising what a story is. A story has a beginning, a middle and and end ~ so often they’re just essays or sketches, and you turn over to the last page and … nothing happens. If you haven’t got a good end (preferably a totally unexpected one), you haven’t got a story, you’ve just got a brief insight into the character(s)’ life.

I think at least 50% of the self-published short stories I see are like this.

By: Rosina Thomas

Rosina Thomas — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 23:50:38 +0000

Thank you for the tips. As a neophyte writer, I am stil getting to grips with all of the tricks of the trade. At times it feels an uphill struggle but I love it!

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By: Aine Greaney

Aine Greaney — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 17:05:45 +0000

This is a really great list. I’ve judged some short story competitions and honestly grieved at having to pass over well-written stories that started out beautifully but, by page 2, had wandered off into either anecdote or forgot to come back from the flashback scenes to return to the story itself. Thank you for this piece.

By: Lichen Craig

Lichen Craig — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:59:36 +0000

As a pro freelance editor, I can’t praise this article enough. Anne hit on so many issues that I have also found with short stories. Too many authors simply don’t seem to understand what a story must contain to be successful in the sense that it holds a reader’s interest and makes an impression. I will pass this article on to people I work with.

By: Mary McLaurine

Mary McLaurine — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 22:58:09 +0000

This helped me so much. This is something I struggle with “If you think you have to spell everything out, you may be assuming that your reader is pretty dumb.”

This is a good reminder for me.

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