Short Stories for Beginning Writers



                                                                  by: Evi Rani
Most writers have the beginning of at least one novel in their   bestseller. They began to write their own fiction from a small fiction not directly. After they were success with their small fiction, they tried to continue to write in larger  fiction like a novel. It takes a great deal of skills to write in large fiction like a novel. It also spent much time to finish it and sometimes we feel so hard to find inspiration. Short stories are the best place for new writers to hone their fiction.
            A short story is a slice of  life. Short stories can be read comfortably only in one sitting. It does not take much time to read a short story because it content of few words. Short stories can be anything from 500 to 5000 words. Anything under 500 words tends to be called micro fiction and anything over 5000 words moves into novel fiction. Short stories have one plot, two or three main characters, climax, conclusion and have no more than two locations. It also have an opening that is developed in the middle which reaches climax. It does not need a great skill to try to make a short stories.
            Before we try to make a short story, we should gather ideas for our story. Inspiration can strike at anytime and anywhere. We carry notepad wherever we  go, so that we can write down story ideas that came to us. Most of time, we will think of small information such as plot, character’s name, setting of background, and etc. Sometimes we will get lucky and a whole story will reveal itself only in a few minutes. If we have a trouble finding inspiration, or we need to write a short story in hurry, we have to look at family or friends for inspiration. We also can find more inspiration from a real people. We can use habitual of people that we know or even the strangest people that we notice. For example, we  might notice someone who is always coming late at the class, someone who talk a loud, booming voice and etc. All of these observations would together make a very interesting characters.
             It can make us despair when we are having trouble in writing. We can  get angry at characters, or feel like want to throw the things around us. Sometimes we can begin to doubt our own writing if we dislike something that we have written. Our mind can easily tell us that it is hard to continue and we should give up. When these toughts came we can easily take over and make us quit to write a short story. One of the hardest tasks as the writer is to erase those feelings and continue writing. When we begin to have these doubtful feelings, or get tired or bored, stop writing. We can take out, take a walk, or do anything relax that can make our mind so fresh when we return. We may still not want to write, but tell ourselves few good things about our story from one good passage we have written.
            In short, it is possible for us to to try to write a short story that needs few time and contents few words. We also can find inspiration anytime and anywhere easily. One important thing while writing is do not give up and still continue to finish it. Just tell ourselves that we can write a short story because we want to.

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Unknown said...

Natural scenes are what inspire the writers to write good and effective writing… these kinds of workshops will surely help the writers Introduction To An Essay

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