“The secret of a good short story is it lasts 20 minutes but lingers ... If you have a great idea but it's only going to stretch to a couple of pages, that's fine. The story is as long as ...

just as you do for a good novel,” says author Sophie Hannah, whose short story collection The Visitors Book was published last October. “Make sure your central idea is the right length for a s ...

With Chivalry, all he started with was the idea of a little old lady buying ... first line of your story “You need a good first line in a short story but it’s always worth bearing in mind ...