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How writing very short stories can improve all your writing (with Grant Faulkner)

Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.

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How to Fuel Creativity With Constraints

Anorama is a book of short stories. The author uses the term "postcard stories" to describe them. She says there's nothing better about a story when it's 100 words, not 99 or 101. Her favorite metaphor in your book was that the story is like a sparkler that you burns bright but not for very long.

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