Playing around with plot at a green screen studio our 500 Words writers get the inside tips and tricks. 500 Words judge and award winning children's story book author, Charlie Higson explains what ...

though of course you can base your story on something that has really happened. Is a short story the same as a novel? A short story is not a cut-down novel. In a novel the author has time to ...

Now let's talk about the plot. "In The Lost Lands" is only about 6,000 words long, according to Martin; that's roughly 17 ...

Moviegoers will have to go see “The Monkey” to learn about the specific plot differences between the new film and the original short story it is based upon. That said, Osgood Perkins did make ...