How to write a short story. by s0b

"The idea hit me a little before bedtime last night and I wrote it this morning"

How I did it: I've had this on my list for a while, but last night I had an idea for a ghost story.  Ghost stories used to be quite a tradition at Christmas time but I like to think this one owed more Hans Anderson than Charles Dickens.

Set in a fictional mountain town somewhere in Germany it tells the story of the Clock Maker's Daughter.  It made me shudder when I thought of it and I managed to write a little under 7000 words in one sitting.

I really need a competition to enter it into as I am really pleased with it.

My parents said it was "brilliant" and "impossible to criticise".  Given that my parents are disinclined to say that sort of thing unless they mean it I was very pleased indeed.


 

Dec 24, 2008, 10:50AM PST | 2 comments | 9 cheers


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May 13, 09:35AM PDT

Jewel_08 wants to improve myself and my life.

Good for you.

I have a rough draft of a VERY short story that I wrote in one day. I re-wrote/edited it once but still think it needs something else. Do you think I’m being too hard on myself? Does a “short-short” story need a twist?

Aug 26, 09:47AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

rachelenichols1

Short-short stories

I don’t know. It all depends on what kind of story you are trying to write, I guess. For a very short story, you need a very clearly defined epiphany if not a twist. A short story needs a less clearly defined epiphany or twist, a novel perhaps none at all.

Dec 08, 11:34AM PST | Respond to this


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