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DISCUSSION: WRITING STORIES
The ‘Writing Stories’ features discuss any topic relevant to the experience of being a short story writer, or even writing short stories as a hobby. The features below come from new writers, established authors, academics, editors and journalists.
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WRITING STORIES ARCHIVE
All Lies — Pauline Masurel
Are You Sitting Comfortably – Holly Dawson
Bowen’s Beginnings – Mike Smith
Capitalise on Your Holiday — Amanda Oosthuizen
Choosing Titles That Resonate — Mike Smith
Classic Openings — Phil Latham
Connective Writing — Pauline Masurel
Do You Need to Keep a Notebook? – Sally O’Reilly
Exclusive Interview with William Trevor – Diana Reich
Finding a Happy Place: Contented Characters — Tess St. Clair-Ford
Gimbal — Jim Hinks
The Greatest Show on Earth – Jose Varghese
How Do We Keep the Home Fires Burning? — Hayley Singer
Impelling Perceptions — Mike Smith
Joined-Up Writing – Mike Smith
The Jokes Are On Me — Mike Smith
The Journey — Mike Smith
Kaleidoscope Storytelling – Alex Ruczaj
Kevin Barry Wins the Edge Hill Short Story Prize — David Frankel
Loud and Clear? — Juliet West
My True Love — Pauline Masurel
Naming Names — Mike Smith
Praiseworthy or Just Pointless? — Nicholas Royle
Pregnant With Meaning — Carol Fenlon
The Procrastination Hurdle – Elaine Wilson
Pulling Words — Deborah McMenamy
The Queen of Ing — Lynda Nash
Redrafting — Loree Westron
Short Stories and the Power of ‘Not Knowing’ — David Constantine
Similarities and Differences – Mike Smith
A Single Word — Mike Smith
Strange Creatures — Joseph O’Connor
Suspended Sentences — Mike Smith
Tales from the Tutor – Carolyn Thomas
Telling Tales – Pauline Masurel
There Once Was a Woman — Jane Hayward
Three Stories and Me – Séamus Duggan
Time to Talk About Humour – Jonathan Pinnock
What is a Short Story? — Paul Curd
What is a Writer? — Phil Latham
What We Talk About When We Talk About Editing – Angela Readman
Whoever Holds the Rattle Tells the Tale — Erinna Mettler
Why So Tense? — Juliet West
Word Packages — Mike Smith
Working For A Living — Sally O’Reilly
The Writer — Everywhere and Nowhere — Soumya Bhattacharya
A Writer’s View — Jackie Kay
Writing Short Stories: The Foreword – Kate Clanchy
Writing Without Rules — Frank Burton
You’re Doing a Degree in What? — Morgaine Davidson