In my travels I am often asked if college stifles young writers. In my opinion, it doesn't stifle them enough.
Flannery O'ConnorSo many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence.
Flannery O'ConnorThe only way, I think, to learn to write short stories is to write them, and then try to discover what you have done.
Flannery O'Connor