Short Story Writing Research Articles

Crafting Stories, Constructing Selves: Supporting Girls' Development Through Structured Short Story Writing

This study follows 4 eighth grade girls through a 10-week short story unit designed to help develop metacognitive awareness and knowledge about the short story genre. Through interviews, observation, and textual analysis, this article investigates the girls' movement away from a subject orientation (Kegan, 1994), where they had trouble identifying their own goals and beliefs when confronted with multiple competing expectations. Through construction of stories about experiences similar to their own, while simultaneously following their writing and thinking processes, these girls appeared to begin to recognize the need for developing their own beliefs and goals, and figuring out ways to infuse these beliefs and goals into their meaning-making processes when faced with situations where there were multiple competing expectations.

Building Bridges: Connecting High School and Elementary School through Short Story Writing

Building Bridges: Connecting High School and Elementary School through Short Story Writing

Building Bridges: Connecting High School and Elementary School through Short Story Writing

Describes how a “tech prep” junior English class at a vocational-technical high school collaborated with a class of third graders, as the juniors wrote short stories based on topics generated by the third graders who then illustrated the stories. Discusses how both classes prepared and got started, and how all participants benefited. Offers tips for teachers.

Book Review: Short Story Writing

Book Review: Short Story Writing

Abstract: A Preliminary Investigation of Incubation in Short Story Writing

Abstract: A Preliminary Investigation of Incubation in Short Story Writing

Courses for Gifted Young Writers

For a number of years J. D. Eccles, General Inspector, English and Drama, has organised courses for ‘Gifted Young Writers’ in Surrey schools for both Primary and Secondary school children as well as County Creative Writing Awards for Short Story and Poetry Writing for students between the ages of 13 and 17. This paper outlines the organization and discusses the value of such courses.

Short Story Writing as Exposition

Short Story Writing as Exposition

Short Story Writing as Exposition

Short Story Writing as Exposition

Short Story Writing in Senior High

Short Story Writing in Senior High

Book Review: Professional Short-Story Writing.

Book Review: Professional Short-Story Writing.

Book Review: Short Story Writing.

Book Review: Short Story Writing.

A Technique of Teaching Short-Story Writing

A Technique of Teaching Short-Story Writing

Students' Problems in Short-Story Writing

Students' Problems in Short-Story Writing

Book Review: Short Story Writing for Profit

Book Review: Short Story Writing for Profit