Short stories thrive on their ability to evoke emotion and provoke thought in a brief format. This makes them an excellent medium for exploring complex ideas or themes in a digestible way.

“A short story, generally speaking, is about one thing, and one big thing needs to happen in it,” says Neil. “Which is not to say that you can’t have lots of different events. It’s just ...

though of course you can base your story on something that has really happened. Is a short story the same as a novel? A short story is not a cut-down novel. In a novel the author has time to ...