Thunder Road

I recently finished reading entries for a secondary schools short story competition.

If I had the chance to chat with the entrants in the short story competition I judge, here are the tips I’d pass on.

Australian author Robert Drewe told The Age newspaper on October 11 that the success of a short story hinged on an elusive, lingering, “wow factor”.

Back when ‘Game as Ned’ was being pitched to various publishers, there was feedback that a particular scene in the story, a vicious and violent assault, might be considered “too edgy”.