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How To Write a Short Story
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(5 ratings)
12 students
Created byHowExpert
Last updated 8/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • How To Write a Short Story
  • Short Story Writing
  • Short Story Writing Tips
  • Short Story Writing Lessons

Course content

1 section23 lectures1h 1m total length
  • Prologue3:31
  • Part 1: Stages of Writing3:04
  • Part 2: Story5:12

    Define what a story is and why planning and a clear message matter. Explore types like resolution, revelation, decision, explanation, and solution to shape ending and plot.

  • Part 3: Beginning Your Story2:02
  • Part 4: POV and More7:34
  • Part 5: Conflict2:31
  • Part 6: Plot1:01
  • Part 7: Ending2:34

    Explore popular story endings, including surprise, wrap-up, warning, question, finally, and anti endings, and learn when to end your story at the perfect time.

  • Part 8: Dialogue1:07

    Master dialogue as the writer's tool to reveal character, using punctuation inside quotation marks, commas with dialogue tags, and italics for interior monologue.

  • Part 9: Setting0:56
  • Part 10: Character6:12

    Develop memorable characters by applying five flavors—odd, normal, heroic, evil, and comedic—and shaping them with wants, fears, dialogue, body language, and archetypes to heighten suspense.

  • Part 11: Archetypes0:33
  • Part 12: Hero1:02

    Explore the hero archetype: sacrifice-driven figures who risk life, freedom, or love, undergo growth and identity search, spark audience identification, and appear as willing, unwilling, anti-hero, group-oriented, loner, or catalyst.

  • Part 13: Mentor0:44
  • Part 14: Threshold Guardian1:02
  • Part 15: Herald0:46

    The herald appears early to spark the hero's journey with a call for change, delivering motivation and action. It can be an emissary, a wounded figure, or even the mentor.

  • Part 16: Shape Shifter0:58

    Shape shifters present a shifty, unstable character who opposes the hero, shifts from friend to enemy or ally, and toggles mood and appearance, including two-faced dynamics, to mislead.

  • Part 17: Helpful Tips of Body Language4:53
  • Part 18: Color Meanings1:28
  • Part 19: What Makes A Short Story3:46
  • Part 20: Developing Your Character In Your Short Story4:16
  • Part 21: How To Win Contest And/Or Get Published2:29

    Improve your chances of winning contests or getting published by researching suitable magazines, following submission guidelines on word count and format, and polishing your manuscript through patient, persistent effort.

  • Part 22: Helpful Hints3:34

Requirements

  • No experience necessary - All levels welcome - Beginners, Intermediate, & Advanced

Description

Do you want to learn how to write short stories? Do you want to learn this topic from someone with real life experience? Do you love writing and can't wait to write and publish more of your writings in the future?

If you said yes, then How To Write a Short Story can be the next solution for you.

How To Write a Short Story is created by someone with real life experience in writing short stories to ultimately help you write and become a better short story writer.

Have you ever wanted to write a short story, but had no idea where to begin? Have you looked for tips, hints, or advice about how to develop characters and plots without being able to be sure you’re getting advice from the experts? Look no further than this guide here before you! Carefully written from personal advice and experience based on years of writing, you can be sure you’re getting first-rate information which will continually be of use, whether you’re a full-time writer or just looking to first dip your toes into the world of writing.

This book contains information on the following: characters and developing them, plots, settings, dialogue, pov, conflicts, and several other subjects to build a basis. Once that basis is built, there are many other subjects to move on to, from how to win contests and get published or paid for your writing, guides on interesting subjects like meanings of colors, and much more! You will never find the information in the guide tiresome or overused, and it continues to be useful time after time. The guide is easy to navigate as well, with each section being bolded and a larger size for easy reading.

Check out How To Write a Short Story now!

Who this course is for:

  • Short story writers