I vaguely remember it being about a kid that goes into a barn and sees red eyes and a voice says "bloody bones in the barn". I grew up in the 90s
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There was a scary story about bloody bones in the box in the attic that was actually a joke— the bones come down the hall, into the room, ‘going to get you’ but the person they’re getting chimes up suddenly saying ‘oh no you won’t because I’m on the potty!’
What is the most important thing to include when writing a short story with one main character and seven static characters, when trying to make the story as interesting and dynamic as possible. The main character is being approached by sisters about constantly ditching them, and to their surprise, they find out that their sister is sick with an illness. How would you make this very dramatic in a short story format? What should be included, and what should not be dwelled on? Thanks much!!
Well, there’s a few ways I could see framing this, but it depends on the tone of the story, and, more importantly the theme.
The first thing I thought of was that you could keep us in the dark about your main character’s illness and then expose it at the end as a sort of irony. The entire time, you could have us be thinking that your character is a selfish person right alongside her sisters, when suddenly, our expectations are subverted.
Another question is how the confrontation happens. How and why do the sisters meet? Personally, I envisioned this with adult characters where the MC got some kind of break (e.g. a scholarship to college) and proceeded never to visit her family or help them. If you’re thinking like this, I would say that either the confrontation would occur because the MC would ask her sisters to come so she can see them before she dies or occurs by accident, although the sisters could also have tracked down the MC or called some kind of a family reunion.
The other thing you have to decide is what the function of the illness plays. Does the illness excuse what the MC has done, or does the MC merely regret her leaving her family? Does the illness serve as a means of reconciliation? Or do not all of the characters forgive her?
You’re the same person who posted before about the 8 characters, right? I would still question that number. It just feels like you don’t have enough space to do that. Could you really not boil it down to 3 or 4 sisters? Either way, if your characters are important to the story, they need their own voices, mannerisms, and functions. Try making each person as different from the other as possible, especially in terms of career and personality.
I have to write a short story for school and I have a great idea which would work best as a diary entry. Is it ok to write a short story like that? Would it only be able to be one entry or multiple? Please tell me anything you know about this!
Yes; that is very creative. Many authors employ that style in their works.
I want to write a short novel which contains an underlying message of my beliefs in society. Example, animal farm shows the authors identity by showing that he doesn’t believe Marxism will work in society. What belief could I use in a short story ?
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Figure out your beliefs or opinions on particular issues, for instance, politics, abortion, immigration… whatever you want. Build a story around it, for instance, a young woman dealing with teen pregnancy, and the plot or the content could reflect that. The story itself could show some insight or meaningful exploration of the issue.
Remember, the reader should arrive at a stand and not be told what to believe.