From flash fiction to short stories

I can help you get that story out of your system and on to the page with advice on development, constructive critiques, first reader and editing services.

• Structure
• the beginning the middle and the end
  
• Characters
• the protagonist, antagonist and bit players
• Plot
• what happens and when
  
• Point of View
• so whose story is this?
  
• Description
• placing the reader in the scene
  
• Dialogue
• what the characters say and why?
  
• Setting
• the time and place
  
• Pacing
• the manipulation of time to create and relieve tension
  
• Voice
  
• the “sound” of the narrator
• Style
• the choices
• Theme
  
• so what does it all mean?
  
• Grammar
• no distractions for the reader

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