From Snippets to Series: How to Turn a Short Story Into a Full-Length Novel Some stories don’t arrive as grand epics. They start as flashes — a scene that won’t leave you alone, a character who walks into your imagination uninvited, a single moment that feels bigger than it looks. Maybe it’s a short story, a micro-fiction piece, or even just a paragraph that tugged at you long after you wrote it. That tug matters. Sometimes, a “small” story isn’t small at all — it’s simply th

Setting as Character When writers talk about story craft, we often focus on characters, plot, and voice. Setting can sometimes feel like “the part where we describe the street” before getting to the good stuff. But here’s the truth: a strong setting is not  background wallpaper.It ’s energy. Pressure. Mood. Possibility. And when you treat your setting like a character , everything deepens. Your scenes feel more grounded. Your tone becomes richer. Your characters don’t just mo