Craft Posts

The Ecology of Story: Everything Is Connected

Why changing one element changes everything

Apr 21 • Amanda Saint

The Question the Story Asks

The power of the unanswered

Mar 21 • Amanda Saint

Your Book is Too Long

A guest post by Eli Keren

Feb 15 • Amanda Saint

Flash Fiction and the Fluid Nature of Reality

What happens when you stop following invisible rules you didn't know existed

Jan 20 • Amanda Saint

Conductivity in Fiction

How Energy Moves Through a Story

Jan 13 • Amanda Saint

Writing into Silence

How pauses and white space tell the story

Nov 30, 2025 • Amanda Saint

The Art of Compression in Flash Fiction

Making Every Word Count

Oct 17, 2025 • Amanda Saint

Blooming on the Page

Stories of Growth and Renewal

Sep 21, 2025 • Amanda Saint

Seasonal Stories: Beyond the Clichés

Christmas Countdown comp is open!

Sep 8, 2025 • Amanda Saint

The Slow Burn: Writing Between Fire and Ash

The summer has left us in southwest Scotland and autumn is here.

Sep 7, 2025 • Amanda Saint

Crossing Over: Writing Stories That Live on the Threshold

Exploring the theme for our November 2025 edition

Sep 2, 2025 • Amanda Saint

Subtext in Flash Fiction

Saying more by writing less

Aug 20, 2025 • Amanda Saint

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