There's always someone who needs the money more.
I saw someone get bids for 20,000 articles for $100
Writing a Short Story Page 3
Quote: sootyj @ 17th December 2013, 10:45 AM GMTN.B. if you write a bunch of short stories, periodically some of those freelancing sites I love so much, have people looking for stories.
Do you mean they're looking for submissions, or literally they have scouts looking at websites that feature short stories?
I mean someone says I want a short story sell me a short story.
Take something from your personal life you feel passioned about. Follow your stomach feeling. Start writing a see where it takes you. Present you work for other and see their respons. Always a good idea to present it for your target audience. Otherwise you may have some good work but just the wrong people to judge. Good luck
Quote: Jakob Jensen @ 20th December 2013, 11:18 PM GMTTake something from your personal life you feel passioned about.
She mentions cakes a lot.
Quote: Jakob Jensen @ 20th December 2013, 11:18 PM GMT. Follow your stomach feeling.
Definitely cake.
Quote: Nogget @ 21st December 2013, 6:13 AM GMTDefinitely cake.
And Benedict Cumberbatch.
Cake and Benedict Cumberbatch....
And law, I suppose too.
Cake and Criminals and Benedict Cumberbatch...
Call it "lawyer cake".
Quote: Jennie @ 21st December 2013, 2:53 PM GMTCake and Benedict Cumberbatch....
Have you still not written it
Nope. Been distracted by Christmas preparation, plus the barristers are in for yet another re-write. But definitely hoping to write something over the Christmas period.
Very grateful for all the advice here though.
Quote: Mattytheswan @ 13th December 2013, 10:08 AM GMTMake it shorter than a long story.
I found this really funny (sorry) but good advice 
Quote: Tim Azure @ 22nd January 2014, 12:38 PM GMTIt's a good idea to keep writing short stories. These can be used as samples of your work (especially if the project is around writing short stories) though it is best to keep them relevant to the brief.
Plus short stories can form the basis of screenplays.
Novels tend to be a bit more cumbersome.
Get yourself down to your local library and see if they have a creative writing group. The usual format is that at the end of each meeting they give you a title or theme for the next month, then you get writing and read it out at the next meeting, and get constructive feedback. You can tell from people's reaction whether they like it or not; even if they are too polite to criticise it much, you can tell if they are lukewarm about your story.
Read 100 short stories for every one you plan to write. If it's not an unholy joy then you shouldn't write short stories. The same goes for novels.
That's the advice given published author P.N. Elrod.