Short Story

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Short Story

• Creative mode of expression
• Ideas, insights and/or experiences
• Better understanding of ourselves
• Better understanding of our world
• Better understanding of people and culture

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What is a short Story?

• The telling of a happening
• Series of connected events
• A short narrative designed to explore a concept
• A short narrative designed to discover
• A short narrative designed to amuse
• A short narrative designed to inform

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Three Essential Elements

• Write
• Write some more
• Keep writing

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Strategy for Writing

• Set a goal
• Select a theme, concept, or idea
• Design the plot
• Choose a main character
• Choose the secondary characters
• Decide on the setting
• Pick your audience
• Formulate the action

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Structure

• Beginning
• Middle
• End
• End
• Middle
• Beginning
• Middle
• Beginning
• End

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Points of View

• First person
• Second person
• Third person
• First person plural
• Second person plural
• Third person plural
• Omniscient point of view
• Multiple Points of view

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Characters Dimensions

• Physical
• Sociological
• Psychological

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For a good short story you need

• Efficiency
• Organizing Principle
• Cohesion
• Coherence
• Structure
• Language
• Setting
• Revelation

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Twelve Commandments

• Believe in a master writer.
• Believe that the summit is always unattainable
  don't dream of reaching it. One day you will just
  know that you are there.
• Avoid using imitation instead, develop your own
  style.
• Love your art as much as your lover with all
  your heart.
• Don't be afraid of changing direction. Let the
  story have a life of its own.
• The first three sentences are as important as the
  last three.

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Twelve Commandments

• Be the master of your words.
• Hold your characters by the hand, and walk them
  safely until the end.
• Do not get distracted.
• Don't use too many adjectives.
• Don't write under an emotional veil. Lift it up,
  and then let it fall over your eyes again.
• Don't think about anyone while you are writing
  think only about the story and your characters.
• Inspired by various writers

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Lets Write

• Idea, concept or experience
• Structure
• Setting
• Plot
• Characters Physical Description
• Characters Psychological Description
• Characters Sociological Description
• Other Characters
• Point of View