Writing short stories presents a unique challenge, requiring a careful balance of creativity, structure, and brevity. With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), writers now have access to tools ...

Stories matter. They convey the human experience and all of its complexities in a way that allows us to live the lives of people we’ve never met, people who are different than us, and through ...

Today's the day. It's happening. You've decided to write your first short story. Maybe this story idea has been kicking around your head for the last 10 years, or maybe you just googled a list of ...

Don't tell John Dufresne you don't have time to read. In fact, don't tell him you don't have time to write. Instead, spend a little time with his new book, Flash! Writing the Very Short Story. You'll ...

Fundamentally, agile user stories are short, simple tools to document a single action or intention desired by the targeted user to achieve a goal. The simplest user stories have a format, “As a user ...

It’s time to stop talking about writing and write. The best-selling author of “Prep” and “Rodham” offers a plan. By Curtis Sittenfeld Though some people have knocked out an entire short story in a ...

Clockwise from top left: Corinna Chong, Chanel M. Sutherland, Will Richter, Kate Gunn and Dorian McNamara. (See individual photos below for credit) You can submit original, unpublished fiction that is ...