Better Fiction

Unkept Promises — A Short Story

The promise of a man to his wife and son

Fiction Writing

Steering the Craft — Exercise 2

Am I Saramago

Teenage Existentialism — A Short Story

A boy’s struggle with identity in an ultra-conservative culture

Fiction Writing

Steering the Craft — Exercise 1 (Part 2)

The sound of your writing

Fiction Writing

Writing Exercise: Rising Action

Using the character’s strength and…

Fiction Writing

Steering the Craft — Exercise 1 (Part 1)

The sound of your writing

Fiction Writing

Writing Exercise: Point-Of-View (POV)

Creating the same scene from…

Introducing Better Fiction: A Place for Your Fiction Fix

Guidelines and call for submissions

Fiction Writing

Writing Exercise: Setting, Description, and Idiosyncrasies