Summer is in full swing and readers all over are polishing off novels, digging into magazines and bringing their tablets to the beach. Ever wondered about the numbers behind summer reading season? Take a look at our new infographic!
How did your reading stack up this year? Let us know your favorites on Twitter—and don’t forget to share our stats with a friend who loves to read on holiday.
Did you know? Over half of Brits would like to write a book! Luckily for them, and all other aspiring writers, it has never been easier to write, self-publish, and share your literary creations thanks to digital publishing platforms like Calaméo. Today, we will share our quick guide on how to write and publish your first short story with Calaméo.
Often less intimidating than writing a novel, many aspiring authors choose to start by writing short stories. Far from being easy, however, short stories have genre-specific requirements which differentiate them from novels.
To write your short story, you need to follow a few major steps. As you will see, it’s not the writing that will take the most time, but rather the preparation and proofreading that will be the most time-consuming tasks.
The short story is a specific genre with its own constraints. Here are our tips to make writing a short story easier:
Publishing your content on Calaméo requires only a few steps and offers many advantages.
In your word processor, make sure you choose a layout that is comfortable for your readers to read. Think of your design as a real book: the font must be legible. Avoid serif fonts and ensure that the font size is large enough to read on a screen (including mobile!).
💡 TIP: Make sure you export your document in a format accepted by Calameo.
Putting your short story online is quick and easy on Calameo: it’s just one click away! Thanks to our unique technology, your documents are transformed in just a few seconds into superb flipbooks suitable for reading everywhere.
Our Editor tool enables you to enrich your publications with multimedia. Easily add videos, audio tracks, images, and both internal and external links to turn your short story into a unique reading experience!
Once your short story is published on Calaméo, you can share it with the entire world. Embed it in your website or blog, create a digital library, share it on your social media pages, send it via email…you have so many choices!
💡 TIP: Don’t have an idea for a story to tell? Start with the writing exercise we suggested in Calaméo Magazine #8: the Space issue.
Share all your literary creations with the world today by creating your free Calaméo account!
Book clubs are very popular right now, yet they’re not new! Discover more about this popular activity in our brand-new infographic below:
This summer on the Calaméo blog, we have decided to highlight two activities that are dear to our hearts: reading and writing. See you soon for more articles on these subjects!
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