How To Write A Short Story in 7 Days

How To Write A Short Story in 7 Days is an introductory toolkit for novice writers looking to take their first foray into the format. It's also useful for intermediate writers who want to hone their craft or professionals looking to expand their skill set. This book was designed in house by the Needle In The Hay editorial team as a resource for writers competing in our weekly contests. With about 3000 short stories read, written and edited at Needle In The Hay since 2012, we think we're in a pretty good position to know what makes a great short story, and we're excited to share the love. While there's no one size fits all method for writing stories, these techniques are a great starting point. Like all skills, the more you practice, the better you get.

The Delivery Girl

A very short story. Read it, and you'll find out..

élan

harry is a bodyguard by trade and y/n would do anything just to be alone_________________

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𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞‼️Be aware that this is my very first book. Probably has a lot of mistakes and it's very short‼️The one who was supposed to kill her, was the one who had to keep her safe.Azail. Trained assassin. Born to kill. Mila. Sweet. Kind. Kept away from the outside world.Azail's world is turned upside down, when he's assigned to kill Mila. The girl he madly falls in love with.Highest rankings:#1 in assignment #1 in sweet girl#9 in age gap#9 in goodgirl#24 in badboy#3 in bodyguard#7 in short story#5 in sadending

MAII STORIES' GUIDE

You don't know where to start? Here's a simple guide.

The Fat Girl Somehow Stole My Heart

"Boys miss out on the chance of being with amazing girls because they can't see past the size of their waist." - Unknown- *Tyler's P.O.V*"Am I falling inlove with the fat girl?" I wandered aloud.The thought bothered me so I dismissed it, knowing very well it was true. No. This can't be. I absolutely cannot be inlove with the fat girl.-~ *Story is mostly in Tyler's perspective/P.O.V*~ The first 18 chapters are in the process of being rewritten as they were written by a younger, immature me.~ This is not your typical, cliché-ic story.Highest ranking: #36 in Short Story.

Matthew Gray Gubler/ Spencer Reid One-Shots

Short stories about everyone's favorite guy :) I write fluff, angst, hurt/comfort, etc!

dreamz

just a book to put all my old imagines and any new ones that i make!i hope u enjoy reading ࿐ ࿔*:･ﾟ

harry greene x fem reader

harry greene has been ur enemy for god knows how long. u hate him and he hates u but ur parents have been best friends for a long time, will u stay enemys or become lovers?highest rankings#1 harrygreene#1 in heartstopper

Olivia Rodrigo short stories

Just a bunch of short stories for my RodrighoesI have lots of ideas that I'm writing up so just bare with me, because I have to have a solid plan for a story before writing it 🙏🙏No smut cause I'm not comfortable with writing that sorry 😭Feel free to comment to I love reading the comments!!

Matthew gray gubler / Spencer Reid One Shots

Completed

ချိုချိုဆွိဆွိBL Oneshotများ

BL short essay collectionsAuthor(s) : 梨花三醉Eng translator team Proofreader : lynnTranslator : stariehuiMyanmar trans by ImayrSora(Both Unicode&Zawgyi)Contains 10 Short Stories(completed)Credict to all authors and translatorsPhotos from pinterest

harry styles one shots and short stories

one shots and short storiesdm me if you have any sort of requests :)

i let you go | sakuatsu

The AU that nobody asked for. A story of platonic love; Sakusa Kiyoomi breaking up with his partner, Miya Atsumu."I said it was okay, but I didn't say it didn't hurt."

Partners? solby

(Short story)[completed]Sam is a shy openly gay senior in high school. What happens when he gets paired with a hot guy in his math class for a project? (I promise it is worth the read)I projected a lot in this book so sorry if it seems like a lot. GIVE ME FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS

Marvel One Shots

This is a book to put all of my random Marvel ideas, hahaha. It consists of one shots with your favorite characters. They can be Reader X character, short stories, or whatever you want!!-Captain America is my favorite so there will probably be a lot of that, hahaha*I DO NOT OWN THESE CHARACTERS *EVERYTHING GOES TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNERS

My Bodyguard - Alaric✔️(completed)

Edited!You can read highly edited version along with an Epilogue and bonus chapter on Inkitt for free. ~~~~~~~~~~~~Alaric Winchester is a grumpy graduate who's majoring in economics. He is cold and rarely expresses any emotion. When he's in his final year he meets the Mayor who asks him a favor of being bodyguard to his only daughter. Aliyah Rivas who's a spoiled brat.She is full of herself but also very lonely and tends to hide her true feelings behind a smile.Poor Alaric even if he wanted to leave he can't because of his father who forces him to return the favor of mayor's family....How will Alaric stand her annoying presence? ~~~~~~~~~~~~Highest ranked #109 in short story collection #86 in adult fiction Published on 02/01/2018Completed on 02/01/2018

Sterek one-shots

Just some short one shots for Sterek

Tear Drops On My Guitar || Straykids Bang Chan✔️

🎶He's the reason of the teardrops on my guitar.🎶

BTS Short Stories

It's a collection of BTS random ff made by your author-nim here, it's an AU/FICTION so don't get their personalities here seriously. Enjoy Reading!

Sister | A Cinderella Retelling

She picks up the pliers. "This is going to hurt."---A feminist Cinderella retelling

Donut Disturb

Eve: I get that some friendships aren't supposed to last forever. I was naive to think my best friend since 1st grade would always be there for me. But you fucking my ex was a bitch move. Hope you like my sloppy seconds. 😊Unknown Number: I think you have the wrong number...Eve: So now you're just going to pretend you did nothing wrong? Fuck you, Taylor. Unknown Number: My name is definitely not Taylor... But here's a picture of a donut I'm eating to help you feel better :)*File Attachment* Eve: Shit... ~Published on March 14, 2020~~Completed on May 7, 2020~

short stories of Canem

Short Fanfiction stories of Can and SanemHope you enjoy reading this.❤️Happygurl. Love from INDIA 🇮🇳

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Story Guide

Story Guide for the many books shuffled in my Wattpad Works. Learn what inspired each novel, it's sequels and of key takeaways to help navigate through my library. Key: MJ = Michael Jackson Fiction...PRN = Prince Fiction...MJ/P = Mixed Involvement of MJ & Prince

Cinderella (sapphic)

COMPLETED [girl x girl]This is a cinderella retailing. Instead of falling in-love with Prince Charming (whose name is actually Henri) why not his sister, Cecilia... This story goes back in forth with Ella's point of view, to Cecilia's point of view. *this was an assignment so sorry for some of the odd parts*