Writing Like Raymond Carver I fell in love with the writing of Raymond Carver many years ago, when I was first studying the craft of…
Image source: Pixabay On the way home Old Brent Heartwood made his way down the road. Two steps. Stop. Two steps. Stop. He heard a…
Welcome to the Micro-fiction Contest! As everyone probably knows by now, we’ve switched things up as follows: This is now a weekly micro-fiction writing contest…
Welcome to the mini writing workshop! This is a weekly post that provides bite-sized tips and examples for fiction writers. This workshop session is about…
Image source: kordi_vahle, Pixabay. Day’s End The wastrels were dragging something along the beach. Mindy and I hid in the tall grass. It seemed we…
Hi friends! As I mentioned last week, I’m switching things up. It felt like the #fiftyword short story challenge had run its course, and it’s…
Image source: Pixabay The Dove There she was again, whispering prayers. “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.” “Clair?” She turned in…
Welcome to the mini writing workshop! This is a weekly post that provides simple tips and examples to support fiction writers on their journey. This…
This mini writing workshop is a weekly post for fiction writers. The idea to provide simple tips and examples that support writers on their journey.…
I’ve got two versions of the same 50-word story below. I was just about to publish the first one as a standalone and then I…