James Reasoner has a wonderful post on his blog about his writing process called "Instinct". http://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2010/01/instinct.html He's also very generous in sharing more of his process in the comments.
I've found that the more you write, the more that instinct pops up to tell you there's something wrong with your story. The trick is learning to trust that little voice.
Scott Parker has an interesting post over at Do Some Damage about creating characters. http://dosomedamage.blogspot.com/2010/01/creating-characters.html One of the things I love about short stories is the ability to explore a character in a series of stories. Sometimes the stories suck, but the exploration can lead to one publishable story that makes all the work worth while.
And 10Flash has posted the theme, "Are we there yet?", for their July 2010 issue. Submissions are open and the spots fill quickly. You can find all the details at http://10Flash.wordpress.com and this one is a paying market.
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