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Common Problems in Your Short Stories, and How to Fix Them

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Common Problems in Your Short Stories, and How to Fix ThemOne of the most common problems I see in new writers and short fiction is when something essential is missing. Basing my teachings over the past 10 years on Freytag's Pyramid, if your story isn't working, it's usually one of a few key elements: narrative hooks, inciting incidents, conflicts, and resolutions (with denouements). We'll discuss the mechanics, and diagnosis, with some suggestions on how to fix those key areas. Instructor: Richard Thomas is

One of the most common problems I see in new writers and short fiction is when something essential is missing. Basing my teachings over the past 10 years on Freytag's Pyramid, if your story isn't working, it's usually one of a few key elements: narrative hooks, inciting incidents, conflicts, and resolutions (with denouements). We'll discuss the mechanics, and diagnosis, with some suggestions on how to fix those key areas.

Instructor: Richard Thomas is the award-winning author of nine books: four novels—Incarnate (Podium), Disintegration and Breaker (Penguin Random House Alibi), and Transubstantiate (Otherworld Publications); four short story collections—Spontaneous Human Combustion (Turner Publishing—Bram Stoker finalist), Tribulations (Cemetery Dance), Staring Into the Abyss (Kraken Press), and Herniated Roots (Snubnose Press); as well as one novella of The Soul Standard (Dzanc Books).

His over 175 stories in print include The Best Horror of the Year (Volume Eleven), Cemetery Dance (twice), Behold!: Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders (Bram Stoker Award winner), The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors (Shirley Jackson Award winner), Lightspeed, PANK, storySouth, Gargoyle, Weird Fiction Review, Midwestern Gothic, Shallow Creek, The Seven Deadliest, Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories, Qualia Nous (#1&2), Chiral Mad (#2-4), PRISMS, Pantheon, and Shivers VI. He has won contests at ChiZine and One Buck Horror, has received five Pushcart Prize nominations, and has been long-listed for Best Horror of the Year seven times.

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