Short Stories and How to Write Them - Paperback

by Kathleen McGurl (Author)

This book is for both writers and readers of women's magazine short stories.

Kathleen McGurl has sold dozens of short stories to women's magazines. This book contains sixteen of her stories, most of which were previously published in women's magazines. Each one is used to spark off discussion topics which will help you think about what makes a successful short story for this market.

The book includes advice on:

-how to create great characters

-the importance of setting

-how to structure your story

-dealing with rejection and writer's block

-how to find time to write

-and much more

Author Biography

Kathleen McGurl lives in Bournemouth with her husband and younger son, her elder son having flown the nest. She always wanted to write, and for many years was waiting until she had the time. Eventually she came to the bitter realisation no one would pay her for a year off work to write a book, so she sat down and started to write one anyway. Since then she has sold dozens of short stories to women's magazines. These days she is concentrating on longer fiction, and is currently trying to find an agent for her full-length time-slip novel, while also writing another in the same genre. She works full time in the IT industry and when she's not writing, she's often out running, slowly.