{"id":1727,"date":"2009-07-13T01:30:12","date_gmt":"2009-07-13T05:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2009-07-10T15:41:19","modified_gmt":"2009-07-10T19:41:19","slug":"short-story-writing-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=1727","title":{"rendered":"Short Story Writing Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The wonderful thing I&#8217;ve found about writers is no matter where they are in their writing journey they are helpful to other writers.\u00c2\u00a0 Now, one local published writer will tell a completely different tale but that&#8217;s his version of events and it&#8217;s only hearsay.\u00c2\u00a0 My experience has shown no method works exactly the same from one writer to the next.\u00c2\u00a0 From time to time though it&#8217;s good to review some rules or tips that will make your writing better.<\/p>\n<p>Here is some recent (within the last 3 years) advice from other writers about writing short stories:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jakonrath.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/how-not-to-write-story.html\">JA Konrath on how not to write a story<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jimhines.livejournal.com\/448106.html\">Jim C. Hines on workshop wisdom.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ccfinlay.livejournal.com\/56645.html\">C.C. Finlay&#8217;s repost of Kelly Link&#8217;s advice to writers &#8211; be you and be interesting.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What writing rules or advice from other writers have you\u00c2\u00a0found helpful?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wonderful thing I&#8217;ve found about writers is no matter where they are in their writing journey they are helpful to other writers.\u00c2\u00a0 Now, one local published writer will tell a completely different tale but that&#8217;s his version of events and it&#8217;s only hearsay.\u00c2\u00a0 My experience has shown no method works exactly the same from&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=1727\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Short Story Writing Advice<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[804],"class_list":["post-1727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-writing","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - 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