Writing Short Stories

Auteur

Ailsa Cox is Professor Emerita at Edge Hill University, UK. Her short fiction has appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including Best British Short Stories, and published as Precipitation (2025). Other books include Alice Munro (2003).

Texte du rabat

The third edition of Writing Short Stories has been updated to provide a complete guide to the craft of writing short stories. It emphasizes the importance of voice as a foundation for work on characterization, imagery, dialogue and pace, as readers move from their first sketches to working on more complex narrative structures.

Résumé
The third edition of Writing Short Stories has been updated to provide a complete guide to the craft of writing short stories. It emphasizes the importance of voice as a foundation for work on characterization, imagery, dialogue and pace, as readers move from their first sketches to working on more complex narrative structures.

Contenu

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Spinning a yarn

2 Capturing the moment

3 Humour, character and dialogue

4 The fantastic

5 What if?

6 Reality

7 Love, death and desire

Resources

Glossary

Bibliography

Index