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Write a Short Story

Write a Short Story. Edge pp. 471-482 Wilson. Short Stories. Short stories are narratives about imaginary people, places, and events. Writers use vivid details and dialogue to bring the characters and conflicts to life. . Short Story Form. 2 or more characters: protagonist and antagonist

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Write a Short Story

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  1. Write a Short Story Edge pp. 471-482 Wilson

  2. Short Stories • Short stories are narratives about imaginary people, places, and events. • Writers use vivid details and dialogue to bring the characters and conflicts to life.

  3. Short Story Form • 2 or more characters: protagonist and antagonist • Protagonist faces a conflict; leads to complications • The plot (sequence of events) rises to the climax (turning point) • The conflict is resolved

  4. Interior Monologue • Along with dialogue, a writer may use interior monologue, passages that let readers “hear” the characters thoughts.

  5. Analyze a professional model • Turn to p. 473 in your Edge textbook. • Read Please Stand By. Look for ways the writer builds suspense. • What was the surprise ending?

  6. Writing prompt • Write a suspenseful story with a surprise ending. • Make sure you include: • Characters’ actions, dialogue, and interior monologue • A beginning, middle, and end • Rising action, climax, and falling action • A surprise ending

  7. Prewrite • Found on pp. 474-475 in Edge: • Choose your topic • Clarify the audience, theme, and purpose • Gather supporting details • Organize the plot • Complete your writing plan worksheet (example p. 475)

  8. Write a draft • Follow your Writing Plan and plot diagram to get your ideas down on paper. • Introduce the conflict in the FIRST paragraph (EXPOSITION). • Then: add events and details that intensify the conflict (RISING ACTION) • Next: show how events lead to a turning point (CLIMAX) • Lastly: show how events (FALLING ACTION) lead to a surprise ending (RESOLUTION)

  9. REVISE YOUR DRAFT • Read your work carefully. • Make sure your ideas about characters, conflict, plot, and other details progress in a logical way (the order makes sense). • Use transitions words (then, next, furthermore). • Use the rubric on p. 479 to evaluate your organization. • Use the checklist on p. 480 to revise your rough draft.

  10. Peer edit • Read your partner’s short story. • Use editing marks for punctuation, capitalization, and paragraph form. • Make note of: • Any part that is confusing • Any place where something seems to be missing • Anything that the reader does not understand

  11. Final copy Type your final draft or write a neat copy by hand. • 12 point font • Double spaced • Title • Heading • Due Tuesday 11/26!

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