The Write the World Blog

From the ominous buzzing of grocery store lights to the haunting of a betrayed friend, these young...

Think back to the last short story you read. Perhaps you were in school analyzing an exemplary...

In our November competition, teen writers have just 400-1000 words to impress and influence their...

Like other forms of fiction, short stories require you—the author—to create a world that invites...

"I wanted to structure my article in a way so that the reader felt like they were stepping into a...

When spooky season starts, you might find yourself inspired to try creating a creepy story. Whether...

Congratulations to the winners and finalists of our Science Writing Competition! From a thought...

Sometimes, the most effective spooky stories come not from jump scares or violence, but from the...

Some of the scariest beings from literature are imaginary – and yet the author has written about...