His/Her face showed strain but was equally elated..
She/He/I walked into the shop holding a wallet bulging with credit cards and crisp wads of cash…
She/He/I hated being singled out but took careful note of what was being said…
What kind of things should I incorporate into my short story?
If you don’t feel you should give me ideas then can you at least, please, answer this:
And what in your opinion makes a good short story?
Just be creative as you explore each sentence. For example; in the first sentence, you have to decide why someone is strained but elated.
Options: They were in a car wreck but survived. They broke up with their significant other but know it was for the best. A person they’ve feared and hated for years just died, and they feel guilty about it. etc.
After you explore each sentence, choose the options you like best from each and compose your story. You’ll be surprised how easy it will be.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
What makes a good short story is the development of the characters (but usually only one to two main characters), a good plot that’s well explained in a short amount of time, not too long (about 5-6 pages with 12 size font generally, depends on what your teacher wants), use of techniques such as the genre you want, things like that.
But to answer your main question.
1). i’ve got no idea, sorry.
2). an obvious one is a robbery, but there’s also a shopping spree (not much you can do with that one), a sign of wealth, turns out she’s a criminal mastermind, (they’re all fake, and she’s going to sell them/give them away/use them, saying their real) and gets caught at the end.
3). someone who lives life on the outskirts, hates mixing with the ‘in’ crowd, but wants to do something with her life. Something happens where she’s required to do something by herself, like an important speech/debate, or an unlucky captain of a sport team, when she only tried out for an out of school sport so she wont fail pe, or something.
Hope that helped, good luck with your story.
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February 12th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Well, you need to start off by thinking about what happened just _before_ the sentence in question. What did someone just say to this person to make them feel like that? Where did the cash come from?
What makes a good short story? For me, it’s the same as what makes a good long story. A character whose head I can get inside, who behaves plausibly and consistently for their personality.
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February 12th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Just be creative as you explore each sentence. For example; in the first sentence, you have to decide why someone is strained but elated.
Options: They were in a car wreck but survived. They broke up with their significant other but know it was for the best. A person they’ve feared and hated for years just died, and they feel guilty about it. etc.
After you explore each sentence, choose the options you like best from each and compose your story. You’ll be surprised how easy it will be.
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February 13th, 2010 at 12:41 am
1) i don’t know
2) A story of a person that quickly became a millionare and the he/she/i went on a shopping spree and lost all the money. If you need a life lesson then the person should learn that saving money and using it wisely will last longer. You don’t really need all the material things in life.
3) people who are afraid of public speaking gets critizized by classmates, carfully taking notes and then turning into what they said, but they soon realize that they should be themselves.
I think thata short story should have a detailed plot. It should also fit a lot of details into a few pages. The story has to have dept and it would be a plus to have a moral, but it should also be entertaining with surprises here and there.
Hoped my answer helped.
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February 13th, 2010 at 1:18 am
1.) …..but was equally elated; when he shot one of the agents that had been trying to kill him and his girl friend. because they had a computer disc that was incriminating and indicated cost over runs in the military defense budgets.
2.)……wads of cash; so they could purchase a new SUV so they could escape through the woods from the federal agents who are trying to kill them because the agents have been told that they are murderers.
3.) man I hit a wall on this one
4,)twists, turns in the plot. Secondary characters that are interesting enough that a story or sequel could be about them. some one has to get killed, some one else wounded and despite being at almost dead, they make a recovery. The hero and bad guy have to do things that their personality would never allow them to do.
Arrange your characters and plot like Harry Potter. Good guy, 2 close friends of opposite sexes, and a jealous bad guy, who has his friends. Keep every one close enough to create friction, but not enough to get romanticaly involved.
Story book ends. A constant in the story sort of like KIT in Night rider, or Miss money penney in James Bond, Charley in charleys angels. Some one or thing who is there, but not really involved.
I always suggest a "red Herring" meaning some one or thing in the back ground that you would expect to be involved but never is. Maybe a haunted house down the street, that no one goes into.
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I think harry potter is well done, but too "cutesy" for me