A good short story is hard to beat – but harder to write ... an author must successfully create a number of elements, and blend them. As in most fiction, the characters should be compelling ...

“A short story, generally speaking, is about one thing, and one big thing needs to happen in it,” says Neil. “Which is not to say that you can’t have lots of different events. It’s just ...

For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...

Here's Munro on how she first started writing short fiction: So why do I like to write short stories? Well, I certainly didn't intend to. I was going to write a novel. And still! I still come up ...