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The Short Story Writer's Toolshed - Your Quick Read, Straight-To-The-Point Guide to Writing and Selling Short Fiction
2012
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Originally written as a series for Writers’ Forum Magazine, this snappy, no-nonsense guide has been expanded, amended and updated. Using new examples from her own published short fiction, Della Galton takes you from 'story idea' to 'final edit', and demonstrates how to construct and polish the perfect short story, ready for publication. Della Galton is a working writer and agony aunt for Writer's Forum magazine. She has had over 1,000 short stories published in national magazines in the UK, and throughout the world.

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Author

Della Galton
Della Galton
Author · 23 books

Della Galton (aka Della Parker) writes novels set in Dorset, featuring quirky characters and very often a dog or two. She's had more than 2000 short stories published and she's run out of fingers to count her books on. She is a popular speaker at writing conventions and the agony aunt for Writers' Forum Magazine. When she is not writing she enjoys walking her dogs around the beautiful Dorset countryside and beaches.

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