short stories
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Why You Should Write A Horror Short Story
Read more / watch…: Why You Should Write A Horror Short StoryEven if you’ve never written horror or don’t think you’re a horror fan, award-winning author KC Grifant’s going to convince you to give it a try. See why.
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Using Tension To Win Over Editors
Read more / watch…: Using Tension To Win Over EditorsJoin Editor-In-Chief of Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, Tristan Evarts, for this clip from his pacing workshop. Tristan shares how successful writers use tension to grab an editor’s attention and keep it.
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Write A Marketable Short Horror Story with KC Grifant
Read more / watch…: Write A Marketable Short Horror Story with KC GrifantWatch this excerpt from award-winning author KC Grifant’s workshop, “Creating Horror Short Stories That Sizzle And Sell.” KC shares the ingredients for a compelling short horror story that’ll grab an editor’s attention.
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Why Memoir As Speculative Fiction Sells
Read more / watch…: Why Memoir As Speculative Fiction SellsIn this live workshop clip, award-winning story-teller and published author, Sage Tyrtle explains how she got a memoir story published by transforming it into speculative fiction.
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Make Your Story Opening Shine with KC Grifant
Read more / watch…: Make Your Story Opening Shine with KC GrifantWatch this excerpt from one of award-winning author KC Grifant’s workshops for Reach Your Apex, “Sellable Short Stories: What Editors Want (And Don’t Want).” KC shares the ingredients, including examples, for a strong opening that will help your story escape the slush pile.
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How I Create A Character Who Can Lead My Short Story
Read more / watch…: How I Create A Character Who Can Lead My Short Story“Names are actually incredibly, incredibly important. It’s something not enough people pay attention to. Names tell you pretty much everything about a person. It tells you where they’re from, what culture they’re from, what period of time they’re from,” says award-winning author Lavie Tidhar in this excerpt from his workshop on writing the Science Fiction…
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How To Use Setting To Heighten Your Story
Read more / watch…: How To Use Setting To Heighten Your Story“Something I love to see is filtering the setting through the character. Take into account the things your character would see, and pay attention to the things your character wouldn’t see. A librarian and a criminal investigator are going to notice different things and their brains are going to travel down different paths.” Apex Magazine…
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Making (And Fulfilling) Promises In Your Story
Read more / watch…: Making (And Fulfilling) Promises In Your Story“It shows that you’re writing intentionally, that you know what you’re doing, that the reader can trust you, when you make promises… early in the story.” Apex Magazine Managing Editor, Rebecca E Treasure, talks about the power of promises in your story in this excerpt from her live workshop, “Six Powerful Exercises For Polishing Your…
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Collective Point-Of-View: Its Unique Powers And Specific Weaknesses
Read more / watch…: Collective Point-Of-View: Its Unique Powers And Specific Weaknesses“There’s something kind of eerie, and magical and mystical about hearing a story from a collective ‘we’ rather than from one person.” Award-winning storyteller and published author, Sage Tyrtle, explores the power (and the pitfalls) of the collective point-of-view in storytelling.
