Most of the good stories we tell can be told in 800 words or less. Let me try one. It involves my father, Ted Clark, who used to have the annoying habit of sucking on ice cubes, which he was doing ...

How to write a good story in 800 words or less As a new award is named for Roy Peter Clark, we revisit the writing coach's tips on writing short ...

When people talk about how to write a great story, you hear a lot about structure, and how to lay down the track so that the audience is swept along. But ...

What remains, Book 1, is the oldest extant work of dramatic and literary theory, and could also have been entitled, What Makes a Story Work or, How to Write a Good Story.

You don't have to be a professional storyteller to tell a good story. And we all do tell stories constantly to our friends, our families, even our co-workers. For our Life Kit series, NPR's Elise ...

You don’t need to be a professional author or a scholar to write a good story. But you might be wondering where to start as there are millions of ideas.

Most importantly, by the story’s end “all of the characters should be very, very tired.” That last note points to what Elizabeth Kolbert calls “one of the great themes of bedtime ...

The Quarry has 186 different ending variations, so we spoke to The Quarry’s director about the challenges involved in creating a choice-driven horror game.