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 ...

The writers of these 5 stories are heralded ... Ghost as a humorous short story in 1887. The plot is simple; an American family moves into a haunted English country house. However, the ghost ...

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.

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