Writing short stories is a great way to polish your writing
\nskills and find yourself a great audience at the same time. People love short
\nstories because they can read it in less than an hour. They can jump in for a
\nquick read while commuting or while sitting in the dentist\u2019s waiting room.<\/p>\n
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Being short doesn\u2019t mean short stories can\u2019t have an impact.
\nIf you know what to put in your story, the story may even be remembered for a
\nlifetime.<\/p>\n
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So, here\u2019s what you need to write a good short story\u2026<\/p>\n
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A novel can have more than one central theme but a short
\nstory cannot. Stick to one major theme for the characters to resolve at the end
\nof the story.<\/p>\n
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If you\u2019re having trouble finding a theme to write about,
\njust look around you for problems that common people must deal with. You could
\nwrite about a mother of a newborn who hasn\u2019t slept for days or an elderly worrying
\nabout his pet sugar glider not wanting to eat.<\/p>\n
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As long as you have a character with a problem to solve, you\u2019re
\ngood to go.<\/p>\n
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Ideally, you should already know how the story ends before
\nyou write the first sentence. David Benioff and D. B. Weiss haven\u2019t got the
\nclue of how season 8 should end. That\u2019s why the storytelling was so bad for
\nthat last season. Seven seasons of build-ups and character growths went down
\nthe drain just like that.<\/p>\n
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When you have a clear picture of the ending, every word you .<\/p>\n George R.R. Martin doesn\u2019t hesitate to bury a lovable .<\/p>\n For instance, when a character is kidnapped, don\u2019t make it .<\/p>\n A short story should be no longer than 8,000 words, but many .<\/p>\n To ensure the story doesn\u2019t get overly long, never add .<\/p>\n A narrative voice is the point of view the story is told .<\/p>\n New writers tend to go with the first-person perspective since .<\/p>\n When the story doesn\u2019t progress as well as you want it to, .<\/p>\n Loki was supposed to be the bad guy in the Marvel universe. .<\/p>\n Loki was not just a madman<\/strong>. .<\/p>\n There\u2019s no point in trying to get everything right on the .<\/p>\n Once you\u2019re satisfy with your work, then you can worry about
\nwrite between the first and last sentence of the story will point to that singular<\/strong> point. With less chance of you
\nderailing from the ending, it\u2019s easier to keep the short story short.<\/p>\n#3. Put your characters in a pinch<\/h2>\n
\ncharacter six feet under. You don\u2019t need to put the characters in mortal peril,
\nbut you still need to put your characters in a situation where a direct solution
\nisn\u2019t so obvious.<\/p>\n
\nso a police officer just happens to pass by and save the day. That\u2019s plain boring.<\/p>\n#4. Keep extraneous details away<\/h2>\n
\nwriters aim around 2,000 to 5,000 words since that\u2019s the normal range. <\/p>\n
\nirrelevant details to your story. For instance, if your main character\u2019s
\nbrother has a Tourette syndrome, make sure it\u2019s relevant to the progression of
\nthe plot. If at the end of the story, his condition makes no difference to the
\noutcome, readers will wonder why you bothered to mention it in the first place.<\/p>\n#5. Add a strong narrative voice<\/h2>\n
\nfrom. You\u2019re free to choose a first, second, third-person limited, or third-person
\nomniscient perspective. It all depends on how you want to depict the fictional
\nworld.<\/p>\n
\nit is arguably the easiest to write. However, consider trying to write in
\nthird-person as it gives you the advantage of an onlooker watching things
\nunfold. Such perspective allows you to direct the story<\/strong> in more ways than one.\n<\/p>\n
\nchange the perspective. You may need to rewrite the whole story, but if that
\nwhat it takes to come up with a great story then you have no reason NOT to do
\nit.<\/p>\n#7. Let the antagonist shine too<\/h2>\n
\nHe killed numerous people and tried to do the same to his brother on numerous
\noccasions. And yet, so many people love him. That\u2019s what happens when you add
\ndepth to a character.<\/p>\n
\nHe was an emotionally-unstable, adopted madman, who always felt he wasn\u2019t good
\nenough. He also showed a different part of him when Frigga, his adopted mother,
\ndied. His act of redemption also helped to put him in many\u2019s people good books.<\/p>\n#8. Draft first, edit later<\/h2>\n
\nfirst try. Let your creative juice flow freely. When your first draft is done,
\nrevise it and make the second draft and so on. <\/p>\n
\nthings like spelling and grammar. Even then you don\u2019t need to fret since you
\ncan use the online spelling
\nchecker to get everything right.<\/p>\n