: Re: How to overcome the fact that I can't write long stories? I have written some short stories (in fact, they are flash fiction). When I'm writing short stories, the ideas and the structure come

Don't.

If you find that you can write short stories well, go and write short stories. Don't teach an elephant to fly (unless you can make a good story out of it).

Many authors wrote lots and lots of short stories, until one of them naturally turned out to be not quite so short.

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