What story line do you think would be good with these titles?
Maddie asked:
Butterflies & Autumn Heart.
Butterflies & Autumn Heart.
My sister and I used to make mini-books for our barbies and give them titles, lol. I found some the other day and these were the titles. I thought about what a cool plot could have been. What do you think? Any plot ideas you think of. But please try to keep them simple enough to have as a short story. By ‘short’ I mean several thousand words at most. Thanks!
Categories: Story & Character Development Tags: Autumn Heart, Barbies, Butterflies, Lol, Mini Books, Plot Ideas, Several Thousand, Short Story
How do you sustain inspiration for a short story?
J Z asked:
I am currently writing several short stories, but I can’t seem to sustain the level o fcreativity needed to let the story flow thru on the screen. After I get started for 10 min, I’m flustered–ideas don’t come to me, and I just lose steam. And I’ve been doing this for quite a while; I’ve had experience with this, I’ve just never done anything about it.
I am currently writing several short stories, but I can’t seem to sustain the level o fcreativity needed to let the story flow thru on the screen. After I get started for 10 min, I’m flustered–ideas don’t come to me, and I just lose steam. And I’ve been doing this for quite a while; I’ve had experience with this, I’ve just never done anything about it.
Categories: Story & Character Development Tags: Inspiration, Short Stories, Short Story, Steam, Story Flow, Writing Stories
How is the short story 1408 by Stephen King different from the movie?
pgsteelers24 asked:
I tried to find the story online but couldn’t find it. Any comments on how it is different?
I tried to find the story online but couldn’t find it. Any comments on how it is different?
Categories: Story & Character Development Tags: 1408, Short Story, Stephen King
Need a short story to compare to the book Night by Elie Wiesel?
Peter G asked:
Hi I need a short story to compare to the book Night by Elie Wiesel. It has to be about some form of discrimination or prejudice. Thanks a lot.
Hi I need a short story to compare to the book Night by Elie Wiesel. It has to be about some form of discrimination or prejudice. Thanks a lot.
Categories: Story & Character Development Tags: Book Night, Discrimination, Elie Wiesel, Night By Elie, Prejudice, Short Story
How do you go about getting a short story published?
~Chris~ asked:
I have a completed short story, and I was wondering where I might go to see about having it published in a magazine or collection of stories.
The story is horror, with occult overtones. Similar to Cosmic Horror, only a bit more down to Earth.
I have a completed short story, and I was wondering where I might go to see about having it published in a magazine or collection of stories.
The story is horror, with occult overtones. Similar to Cosmic Horror, only a bit more down to Earth.
Categories: Story & Character Development Tags: Cosmic Horror, Down To Earth, Overtones, Short Story
What do you call the type of story explaining the origin of animal characteristics?
Boy asked:
I just read a short story called “The Elephant Child”. It was about how elephants of a long time ago had short noses. Until one elephant had his nose pulled by a crocidile which gave him a long truck. Then all elephants went to get their noses pulled. What do you call this type of story?
I just read a short story called “The Elephant Child”. It was about how elephants of a long time ago had short noses. Until one elephant had his nose pulled by a crocidile which gave him a long truck. Then all elephants went to get their noses pulled. What do you call this type of story?
Categories: Story & Character Development Tags: Animal Characteristics, Crocidile, Elephant, Elephant Child, Elephants, Long Time, Noses, Short Story
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MadiiHorroR asked:
I need help!
I`m going to write a short story.
But I don`t know what to write it about!
I`m blocked.
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I`ve written about the forbidden love and internet dating perils.
But what next?
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I need help!
I`m going to write a short story.
But I don`t know what to write it about!
I`m blocked.
=//
I`ve written about the forbidden love and internet dating perils.
But what next?
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Categories: Story & Character Development Tags: Love, Perils, Short Story
What is the name of a short story about a roach that is found in a peach?
bambee517 asked:
I read a short story years ago about a little girl who is spending a day with her father and finds a roach (or some other type of insect) in a piece of fruit, possibly a peach. She is told by the father that the insect has a name, and the father tells her to treat the insect kindly. The name of the story is the name the man gives the insect, I think, and I seem to remember it was originally French. Has anyone heard of this story?
I read a short story years ago about a little girl who is spending a day with her father and finds a roach (or some other type of insect) in a piece of fruit, possibly a peach. She is told by the father that the insect has a name, and the father tells her to treat the insect kindly. The name of the story is the name the man gives the insect, I think, and I seem to remember it was originally French. Has anyone heard of this story?
Categories: Story & Character Development Tags: Insect, Little Girl, Peach, Roach, Short Story
How to write an effective short story with the issue being change/ changing self?
Chris L asked:
Could you give me some ideas about whether it’s best to use first, second, third person etc.
Could you give me some ideas about whether it’s best to use first, second, third person etc.
How i should start the story?
What kind of changes could their be in the short story?
What are some changes/ a change that could be interesting to the reader, one that is interesting and easy to write about.
Categories: Story & Character Development Tags: Changing Self, Short Story, Third Person
What is the name of the short story about a husband who hangs Christmas lights for his dying wife?
Rogue asked:
The sick wife wants her husband to hang Christmas lights because she loves the glow. The husband goes out to buy lights, but when he returns, his wife has already died. He proceeds to hang them anyway, and is in partial denial about her death. The story may take place in Russia, and it is a story within a story, as the husband is telling the story of the Christmas lights to someone else.
The sick wife wants her husband to hang Christmas lights because she loves the glow. The husband goes out to buy lights, but when he returns, his wife has already died. He proceeds to hang them anyway, and is in partial denial about her death. The story may take place in Russia, and it is a story within a story, as the husband is telling the story of the Christmas lights to someone else.
Categories: Story & Character Development Tags: Christmas, Christmas Lights, Denial, Russia, Short Story, Sick Wife, Story Telling