Date: 2014-02-26 10:09 pm (UTC)
caecilia: (Ivy the scientist)
From: [personal profile] caecilia
In addition to what everyone else said, read a lot of short stories. Get some anthologies. There are some free magazines online like dailysciencefiction.com, Nightmare and Lightspeed. There are probably ones for literary fiction too. I'm kind of a visual person so reading short comics before I start writing helps. I think the short story is closer to poetry than to a novel (I think some famous writer said this actually). You don't have room for any filler or sidestories. Everything has to count and there should be a sense of rhythm to it.

Can I ask what open calls you've been considering?
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