Monthly Archives: September 2011

Pictures help generate new ideas for short stories. You can either try the following exercise or just exchange photographs among friends and write stories on them. You can carry this out in your classroom and have your students each bring in a picture and trade. With groups, have some kind of system for the trade … Continue reading

If you want your writing to be taken seriously it is very important that you take the initiative to rectify the common mistakes. Here’s an article listing the most common mistakes made by story-writer. However, it covers only the most common one. There are several other mistakes you might want to avoid. Short stories are … Continue reading

The best way of getting thorough in a particular genre of short story writing is to read as many stories as one can. However, when writing mystery short stories, one needs to follow a general pattern and some specific rules. Here are some tips and guidelines for writing short stories based on mystery: The plot … Continue reading

Creative writing is an art, yet the writers need to follow some guidelines depending on the style and genre of writing. Short story writing is a different sphere of its own where the writers need to narrate a complete story the beginning to the end in say 500 to 3000 words. Here are some tips … Continue reading

There is no denying the fact that America really has dominated modern English literature. Be it fiction or mystery or serious literature, American writers have carved their niche in the world of short story writing. Here is the list of top five American writers in our opinion: O. Henry Most well known for his short … Continue reading

If your aim is to become a serious story writer and you are not just wasting your time, then it is imperative for you to identify your errors and erase them. You have to take out that extra time and take the initiative to find better ideas and remove your errors if you wish to … Continue reading