IntroductionAn umbrella seen on the way home, an empty chair, a short word left unsaid. When you imagine, "What if someone like this were here?" based on casual things, you find the entrance to a ...

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How often have you been told as an actor to go make your own content? Go write a short. Go star in your own short film. Sounds easy enough. But how do you make sure that short actually helps your ...

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THE plot of a short story in many instances is quite openly a projection of character. In a highly specialized instance, but a good example, the whole series of ghostly events in The Turn of the Screw ...

High school English teachers have a term of art: the “mentor text.” It refers to a story given to students for two purposes: to experience the content as the author intended and to learn certain ...

You’ve done a lot of writing during your PhD program. Most of your courses require writing a substantive paper, and you’ve likely revised papers and submitted them for publication. But how are you ...

Writers are often asked where their story ideas originate. It is a question that writers sometimes have trouble answering. The final product only comes from imagination and a lot of work. One of many ...

Editor’s Note: A Southerner born in Jackson, Mississippi, and educated at the Mississippi State College for Women, the University of Wisconsin, and Columbia, EUDORA WELTY is one of the most versatile ...