Quick Short Story Tips
How to write a quick first draft for a short short story
Three essential elements
Set-up: setting, time frame, characters
Action: problem needs solving, climax
Resolution: solution, moral, insight
Setting:
Describe where exactly the story takes place.
Describe when exactly the story starts.
Characters:
Name a main character with a goal and an opponent with a goal.
Show characters with details so readers care about them and they draw readers through the journey of the story.
Plot:
Show the main character going for their goal now, at the start of the story
Show the opponent stopping the main character from their goal
Show what the main character does to get around the obstacle
Continue as long as desired, get the MC in hot water & turn up the heat to maximum temperature
Resolution:
Show main character reaching their goal or not & the significance
Weave in to your written story some elements found in oral storytelling:
tone of voice
gestures
posture
facial expressions
eye behavior
pauses
silence