How to Write Short Stories That Sell: Creating Short Fiction for the Magazine Markets - Softcover

Bettany, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0957670435 ISBN 13: 9780957670433

Publisher: Dormouse Press, an imprint of Guidemark Publishing Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

If you want to write fiction, then short stories are a great place to start. This book will help you to find ideas and teach you all the essential elements of short story writing. It covers plot and structure, conflict, dialogue, characterisation, settings, description, tense, viewpoint, flashback, and more. You'll also learn about one of the most important steps in the writing process: editing. How to Write Short Stories That Sell includes writing and editing exercises, and short story examples. It shows you how to increase your chances of selling your work by identifying the right story markets, and explains the correct way to submit your work to a magazine editor. Jane Bettany is a freelance writer, publisher and creative writing teacher with more than twenty years experience of writing fiction. Her stories and non-fiction articles have appeared in women's magazines, literary magazines, newspapers and online. She has an MA in Creative Writing and is a qualified teacher.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dormouse Press, an imprint of Guidemark Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0957670435
• ISBN 13: 9780957670433
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200