What happens next?

We made it! And, alas, we’ve reached the final part of our mini masterclass. But wipe your tears. Pull up your socks. We still have work to do. Hopefully, over […]

Reflect, refine, rewrite

Time to take the next step on our short fiction mini masterclass journey.  Time to refine, reflect, and rework what we’ve got so far (otherwise known as editing) (NOTE: If you can, […]

Enter the story

Hey you! We’re 3/4 of the way through the course now, so make sure you’ve got a spare 20 minutes of pure, unadulterated writing time today because shit’s about get […]

Project expansion

Alrighty nuggets, let’s take your story salvage operation to the next level. Yesterday you looked at your notes and thought about all the different questions your central idea might provoke. […]

Project salvage

Are you ready for a brand new exercise? Of course you are. So, you’ve let your freewriting ferment. You’ve had a noodle around with fundamental human truths. You’ve told yourself […]

What do you look for in a story?

Alrighty tighty. So, today we have some very important questions for you – questions about who you are as a writer… Such as: What kind of stories do you like reading?  Short […]

So this one time, at bandcamp…

That little quote up there is full of great advice:  “Throw out your little story like a grenade.” “Keep it under 500 (words).” “Don’t put on your beret.” (snarf) “Quick, […]

1. WELCOME

Welcome to the Writers’ HQ short fiction mini masterclass-series thing of your dreams! In which we bombard you with ideas, strap a parachute to your back, throw you out of […]

And now… we wait

GUYS.  We’ve come SO far from that initial 500 word anecdote. You’ve stripped your stories back to their bare bones and built them back up into something brand spanking new, […]

Layering it up

How is your story growing? Is it starting to look a little bit more tangible? If so, or even if not, we have yet another couple of layers to add […]

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