Short Story Starter Gifts

You know, for years I've been wanting to write the great American novel, but the prospect is just too intimidating. Now I'm thinking I should start out with a smaller project. A short story? A screenplay? The great Canadian novel.

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

'How fast can you hype?'

Edgar Allen Poe

Books: Novels, Short-Stories, Tall Tales.

"Well, isn't that embarrassing."

The Fourth Little Pig

You do know it's Harry Potter who's real and JK Rowling is just one of his spells?

"If I can't ask for more wishes, how about more genies?"

The writer: something who devotes a lifetime of solitude to the same of communication.

'This has all the makings of a fable. But first lets take lots of tests.'

'No! Forging a note from your parents does not count as creative writing!'

I figured out how we can pay for the kids' college tuitions. Do tell. I'm going to leave for a year of self-discovery, which I will chronicle in a best-selling memoir. Oh, but

' 'Cat in the Window'...chapter 14...'

Iris Murdoch

When Shakespeare gets up early, on the wrong side of the bed of a stranger, and in a clown suit... Later that same day, he will commence work on 'The Comedy of Errors.'"

Always a bigger fish.

Wolf to Red Riding Hood: 'No thanks, I'm on a strict grandmother diet.'

Günter Grass

BOOKSHOP, 'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit today, sir -- a ream of paper and a dozen pencils.'

Isabel Allende

"I'm waiting for my imagination to run riot."

'See how the fools flee when fantasy role-play is fantasy no longer!'

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

"I'm not sheltering at home, I'm an artist in residence!"

"So, in conclusion, I would like to say that although I haven't actually read the book, I still found it a fascinating and enriching experience.

"This place is famous for its short fiction about food."

Storm in a magic lamp.

Fish or Cut Bait

"And this little piggy went – whoa! Where is your fifth little piggy?!"

Best Seller

"Isn't it obvious? I'm writing the great American graphic novel."

"Is Madonna amazing or what? She sings, dances, and acts, and now it turns out she's a writer, too."

'Once upon a time there was a really lousy editor name Sue. Sue was lazy and stupid, so she was fired, and her boss lived happily ever after. The end.'

'Are you a good witch or a bad witch?'