How writing short stories can make you a better novelist

Novel Marketing

You probably know that offering a reader magnet on your website is imperative to growing your email list, tantalizing readers with a sample of your writing, and eventually getting them to buy your book.
If you write novels, your reader magnet should be a short story, but if you don’t know how to write a great one, you’ll miss out on the many advantages short stories provide.
In this week’s episode, Steve Diamond, author and cohost of the Writer Dojo podcast, and I discuss the art of writing short stories.
You’ll learn

• The biggest mistake authors make when publishing short stories
• How short story techniques differ from those used in long-form pieces
• Two exercises that will build your short-story-writing muscles

Listen in or read the blog version to discover all the ways writing short stories can benefit you, and learn to write a great one.

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1. How writing short stories can make you a better novelist (00:00:00)

2. Why Short Stories (00:00:44)

3. How to Write Short Stories (00:01:37)

4. Special Guest Introduction (00:02:09)

5. Writing for Publishers (00:03:06)

6. Writing Practice (00:03:44)

7. Character Voice (00:05:30)

8. Story Beginnings (00:06:45)

9. Cool Opening Lines (00:11:15)

10. Story Middle Segment (00:12:18)

11. Story Endings (00:20:55)

12. Practice Advice (00:34:25)