The Write the World Blog

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...

"With such a limited word count, it's best to focus on what can be implied by mundane objects,...