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A short story is the same as a novel, except you leave out the first 450 pages. You just write the end. Itâ€™s not a short novel, itâ€™s the shortest possible story.

There is no better way to learn how to write short stories than just to read a ton of short stories.

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: How to avoid the 'magic explanation' info dump in Fantasy novels In the second book of his Inheritence Cycle, Christopher Paolini makes the grievous error of landing his main character in the

: How can you write during a full work day? As provided in this excellent answer by @what, there is a certain 'creative time,' for writing, when you can write the best. I've been aware of this

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