This week, Alice Sudlow and Dan Brotzel each offer ten tips for entering and winning short story contests. Joe Bunting provides a guide to story arcs and writing an effective first chapter, while Robert Wood challenges us to add a radical twist to our plots.
At Writer’s Digest, David Corbett teaches us how to develop our characters with each new scene while Elizabeth Sims shows us ways to elevate our stories to greatness. KD Holmberg reminds us that inanimate objects can also be powerful characters, and Chris Winkle helps us fill in our story’s middle.
All that and little more. Enjoy!
How to Write a Good First Chapter by Joe Bunting
Story Arcs: Definitions and Examples of the Six Shapes of Stories by Joe Bunting
Ten Lessons from Entering Hundreds of Short Story Competitions by Dan Brotzel
10 Steps to Win a Writing Contest by Alice Sudlow
6 Daring Plot Twists to Try in Your Writing Part I and Part II by Robert Wood
7 Simple Ways to Make a Good Story Great by Elizabeth Sims
Inanimate Objects as Characters by KD Holmberg
How to Craft Characters Scene by Scene by David Corbett
Backstory for Writers: When and How by Ane Mulligan
Filling in Your Story’s Middle by Chris Winkle
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