Writing

How Long Is a Short Story? What’s the Perfect Length?

Reading Time: 8 min
how long is a short story what's the perfect length

Obviously, a short story is the shortest form of prose. But how long or short is a short story? This isn’t an easy question—of course we know that a short story is typically a ‘short’ piece, but so is a novelette. What’s the unique and appropriate scope (word count and brevity) for a short story. … Read more

How to Write Faster: 23 Tips to Speed Up Your Writing Output

Reading Time: 12 min
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As a writer, you already know the essence of learning how to write faster and putting out more writing work. You hear other writers talk about “I average 7k words per day” or “my weekly output is roughly 20k.” But your fiction has been lingering around chapter one for months… What are you doing wrong?  … Read more