From short stories to novels to screenplays, from horror to fantasy to realistic fiction, Ray Bradbury spun gold throughout ...

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: We write long stories. We also write short stories. Here's ...

Writing short forces you to distill a story to its essence and become very selective about what to include. It can be a bit like solving a puzzle.

No matter what, remember: Have fun. Love this work. Write on what you care about, take the story in directions that excite and scare you, and don't be afraid to take chances. Writing is art, and art ...

It’s time to stop talking about writing and write. The best-selling author of “Prep” and “Rodham” offers a plan. By Curtis Sittenfeld Though some people have knocked out an entire short ...

The short story has more practitioners now than ever, particularly in America, where the number of story-friendly creative writing MFA programs has exploded. People are writing incredible stuff ...

I want to write the novel that ties up all the ends that have ever been loose. The story that makes my own trajectory clear, that gives meaning to the years I’ve sat around anxious, lethargic, waiting ...

I write down what people want families to know after they're gone. Sometimes the books go unfinished; sometimes they go unclaimed; but some books are kept for years in bereaved parents' front rooms, ...

Stephen King is out with a new collection of short stories. As you might expect from the reigning King of Horror, some are terrifying. Some are creepy. Others are laugh-out-loud funny.