Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors Introduction, PART I: HOW A WRITER WORKS 1. How A Writer Works 2. Writing habits 3. Making Notes 4. Keeping Journals 5. How To Read As A Writer 6. Research 7. Reflection PART II: HOW TO WRITE SHORT STORIES 8. What Is A Short Story? 9. Point of View 10. Characterisation 11. Plot 12. Scenes 13. Dialogue 14. Setting 15. Description 16. Style PART III: HOW TO REDRAFT 17. Editing 18. Page Design 19. Peer Appraisal 20. Writers' Workshops 21. Revising PART IV: HOW TO MANAGE FICTIONAL TIME 22. Some Notes on Handling Time In Fiction 23. Crossing Timelines and Breaking Rules 24. Foreshadowing 25. Transitions PART V: HOW TO GO THE DISTANCE 26. Finding An Audience Publishing Outlets Fiction Writers' Bookshelf Writers' Websites Bibliography.

About the Author

Robert Graham is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. His short stories have been widely published and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. He is the author of two short story collections, a novella, a novel and The Road to Somewhere: A Creative Writing Companion (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).