Write Short Stories and Get Them Published: Your practical guide to writing compelling short fiction

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Zoe Fairbairns

Write Short Stories and Get Them Published

Your practical guide to writing compelling short fiction

Zoe Fairbairns

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Teach Yourself
01 February 2012

Language: reference & general; Creative writing & creative writing guides

Written by one of the country's leading experts on the short story, Write Winning Short Stories - And Get Them Published is ideal if you want to write creatively in a genre that is increasingly attracting attention from publishers, and which offers plenty of competition and festival opportunities for you to showcase your work.

It will help unlock your imagination and creativity, and to discover stories you didn't know you had. It will help you to observe the world around you more sharply, as well as to structure, shape and polish your story. It is full of practical exercises that will both inspire imagination and refine skills, and confidence-building suggestions and hints.

Finally, this inspiring book offers clear strategies and techniques for securing a readership or even a publisher, and gives the very latest information on how to use the internet for maximum advantage.

By: Zoe Fairbairns
Imprint: Teach Yourself
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 186g
ISBN: 9781444124033
ISBN 10: 144412403X
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 01 February 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Zoe Fairbaines is a short story writer whose work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and published in magazines including The Yellow Room and Cosmopolitan. She has contributed to two collections of feminist short stories and to several anthologies. She teaches short story writing at City Lit, and work by her former students has been published in collections and shortlisted for prizes.

Reviews for Write Short Stories and Get Them Published: Your practical guide to writing compelling short fiction

Her chapter by chapter approach to gradually developing your writing works well, with relevant anecdotes, references to short story collections and exercises in each section... If you've got some experience of writing, it's worth a look for the exercises - a good way to help you get your stories 'match fit', or moving again if you're stuck mid-draft. Left Lion