Writing and Selling Short Stories for Profit with author Katriena Knights

Business Writing and Selling Short Stories for Profit with author Katriena Knights

Level
Mixed
Basic and Premium Members Prices
Premium Members $30 & Basic Members $40
Category
  1. Structure
  2. Genre
  3. Shorts/Novella
Short stories used to be the mainstay of many a writer. With the decline of print magazines, the short form fell out of favor for a few years. However, in these days of online publishing, self-publishing, and online magazines, the short story has once again become a major market where you can flex your writing muscles, try on new story forms, and, yes, make some money.

In this workshop, I’ll talk about the demands of the short story form, ways to approach writing a short story, different story lengths and the challenges they represent, and finish off with a discussion of the various markets available for publishing short stories.
  1. What is a short story? Why should I write short stories? What’s in it for me as a writer? Basic definition of short stories and how they can give you another outlet for creativity and another income stream.
  2. How to tackle the genre. Is it just like a novel, except, you know, shorter? Spoiler: Sort of. How to tailor your ideas to the short form.
  3. Short, shorter, or really freakin’ short? From novellas at about 20-30K words to flash fiction and even shorter, the market for short works is wide, varied, and open to a myriad of approaches.----How to figure out what length you should shoot for with a particular story idea. How can I use all these plot ideas I have floating around? How do I know if they’ll fit this format?
  4. How do I sell this stuff? What kinds of markets are out there? How to find markets like anthologies, online magazines, print magazines, and publishers who publish shorts as standalone works. Self-publishing shorts as standalones or collections.
Author
Katriena Knights
Start date
Aug 22, 2016 at 9:00 AM
End date
Sep 18, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Registration end date
Aug 24, 2016 at 9:00 PM
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