Introducing Better Fiction: A Place for Fiction Writers
Guidelines and call for submissions
Why I started Better Fiction
I’ll be honest, growing up, I was never a fan of fiction. In fact, I was never that big on reading, period. My teenage years were all about gaming with friends.
Then, I entered my twenties and began my emotional healing journey and as I searched for answers, reading became my best friend. At one point, reading was my only friend when social anxiety was at its peak. I consumed a tremendous amount of non-fiction content under the genres of self-help, spirituality, mindfulness, and mental health.
I began writing in my late twenties in the form of personal essays, reflections, and poems. Nothing consistent, just followed my whims and poured my heart out.
The writing process was healing in many ways albeit written from the limited lens of my own identity and problems. For this reason, I frequently felt I was stuck in a mental loop, playing the same poor-me story.
Fast forward half a decade, and I have slowly discovered that fiction, too, can heal.
There’s a magic of being drawn into the world of someone else. Fictional stories have the power to make us forget ourselves and our problems. They entertain, comfort, and inspire us.
They show us that perhaps there is a different, more empowering way to look at life and tackle our problems — instead of being the victim, we can be the hero of our story.
Furthermore, writing fiction is a powerful way to explore the boundaries of creativity and find ingenious ways to re-imagine the limits of reality.
As I ventured into the world of fiction, my instinct was to look for publications on Medium that cater to that. I was surprised to find a scarcity in the domain. So, I contemplated starting a new publication from which Better Fiction was born.
My aspiration for this publication is to be a place for members to explore fiction by sharing flash fiction, short stories, writing exercises and prompts, and advice on how to write better fiction.
My hope is to grow Better Fiction into a community of passionate fiction writers.
Will you join me?
What We Publish
All fiction-related content is welcome, except content that is sexually explicit, graphic or violates any of the Medium Rules.
Submission Rules
- Submissions must be unpublished drafts.
- Submissions must be written in fluent English and free of spelling and grammatical mistakes. (Use tools like Grammarly to ensure your article is ready for publishing — we will not do any editing)
- Submissions must contain a title (Big T), subtitle (Small T), and feature image with a credit caption.
- Submissions must include 5 tags.
- Submissions must be under 3,000 words.
Call For Submissions
Better Fiction is open to writers. Consider joining our new publication. Just leave a comment with your handle asking to be added.
We are just starting and hope that you help out in making this publication a place for better fiction.