The best way to understand what is required in short story writing is to read short stories by different authors. There are many good anthologies of short stories available in libraries or bookshops.

Curtis Sittenfeld’s last novel was the bestselling “Romantic Comedy.” That partly ironic title could apply to the “Eligible” ...

Before she published “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Lee had written short stories in which she explored some of its themes and characters. By Alexandra Alter For years before she published “To ...

Booker Prize 2025 longlist celebrates Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi’s effort in a collection of short stories about Muslim ...

From a poppy French short about kids grossed out by kissing to a dark look into a canceled TV show, the nominees run the ...

Watch this short clip to learn about different genres in fiction writing. There are many different types of fiction genres, but they all have one thing in common: that the stories are made up.