kurzgeschichte – Erdbeerbeet

Publish a Short Story

With a finished short story at hand, there are multiple ways to publish. It mostly depends on the story itself and where it fits best.

After a first draft, a short story needs enough rounds of revision and love as it deserves as the tiny novel it is.

With your plot in place, tackle the first draft of your short story. One eye on the cursor and one on the outline.

Despite the hero’s journey being the blood an bones of most stories – on purpose or without – you might want to get familiar with it nonetheless.

Action, Background, Development, Climax, Ending, this short story formula feels as easy as crossing things off a checklist.

A short story needs an overarching problem to follow through. And for a good plot structure there are several formulas to follow.

The “short” in short story might distract from the possible impact and depth of this literary form.