Short stories in short by Alex Reece Abbott

This time, short stories – for the Sixth International Hysteria Writing Competition, that means a story with the very loose theme “things of interest to women.” Oh, and a maximum of two thousand words. There is nothing like a dame, as the song goes, so I bring you a real dame of literature, and six other acclaimed, award-winning class acts who write and judge short stories. Big thanks to our eight short story collaborators this year; the stellar Danielle McLaughlin, Alison Moore, Dame Fiona Kidman, Kirsty Logan, Tania Hershman, Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin and Sinead Gleeson for generously donating their time and pointers this year. Reading other people’s work can really inspire and boost your own writing, so there’s also links to these fine collaborators, and sometimes, their stories, so you can find out more about their work. Plus, to get you going, there’s Let The Reader Do The Work – a story generator from creative writing tutor, Mary-Jane Holmes, the Chief Editor at Fish Publishing Ireland. Speaking of Fish, you’ll find another story generator from Kathy Fish along with tips from five other leading flash fiction writers in the flash fiction post last month. So, here’s what my cyberkuia (wise women online) around the world had to say about short stories… —- Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin My pointers are extracted from a longer article https://www.writing.ie/resources/writing-wining-short-stories/ One of the keys to entering – and winning – sh...
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