Questions

I want to know the name or the author of a short story I read long ago. It’s about a hunter who gets pinned under a tree or something like that. He thinks a search party is coming to save him because he hears footsteps but it turns out to be a pack of wolver.
- Kara

would you look over this? i wrote this off the top of my head, and amde it in like 15 min. Its not gonna become a story. I KNOW I DIDN’T CAPATALIZE i AND I DO NOT CARE, IF I MISSPELLED SOMETHING THEN THATS TOO BAD. here it is:
The grass swayed like waves in an ocean, lightly brushing my face and nudging me to the left as i lay in it. It wouldn’t stop pushing, as if i was in the way of its’ repetitive motion and it didn’t like the disruption. I felt as if i did not belong in its’ dance, and the performers were instructing me to move. Move, move, move! they
hissed, constantly pushing, but never being able to budge me. Why did i not move? Clearly i got the idea that i did not belong! And by not leaving, the motions just got more swift, and more repetitive, a light drum echoing in my ear every second the light tough hit my side. It was so…irritating. I felt claustrophobic, though i was clear of any tight spaces. It felt as if i was trapped inside myself. But yet i was so empty, free, so unaware of myself. My mind was slowly soaring up and up, leaving my body trapped beneath, struggling with its’ difference from the grass and nature, which were so perfectly aligned. So wonderfully graceful.
Then the bell rang, and my dream went blank.
- Inflatable Pigeon

I have to find these things that is about nature. and also why is nature important in the thing.
1. 1 Short story
2. One novel
3. One play
4. One piece of non-fiction.

Thank you very much for the help. Hope this will help me with my assignment that is due in 2 more days.
- navy

Does Your Theme Contain Character, Conflict, Resolution? Eight Ways To Write Better Instantly.

Creative Writing Tips – 

For a theme to work and the story, which will revolve around the theme, it has to contain three things… 

1. Character 

2. Conflict 

3. Resolution 

What’s the reason for this? 

If your theme doesn’t contain these three essential elements, then you won’t be writing a proper short story. It might turn out to be an essay instead. 

Because without… 

1) Characters 

You can’t achieve emotional depth. Readers become engrossed in stories because of the characters in them. They either become the character (sympathize), or read about an interesting person (empathize). 

Emotional depth is achieved when readers use their imagination and senses and/or experiences to live the story through the characters. 

2) Conflict 

Your story will be boring. Why? Without conflict, something to stir things up, nothing happens. And a story, in which nothing happens, is one not worth writing about. 

Your characters don’t lead carefree lives. Well, not in the instance you are writing about them. In that part of their lives they are faced with a problem. They want something and can’t get it because of the conflict, which is preventing them to do so. 

And it’s that conflict and the struggle the characters has to undergo that keeps us readers interested and in suspense. Will the character succeed or won’t he? And when is this all going to happen? And how is it all going to happen? 

3) Resolution 

Something that starts has to finish, one way or another. 

Once you have created great characters, which the reader will come to care about, and you have placed them in conflict, that conflict at the end of your story has to be resolved. The characters will achieve their goals or they won’t. 

That doesn’t matter. 

You can end your story as you please and as it suits your story – but you have to end it. Ending the story means resolving the conflict. 

Does your theme contain character, conflict, resolution? 

Eight Ways To Write Better Instantly

Is it possible to improve your writing instantly? The answer, happily, is “yes.” 

While researching a book on famous speeches and essays, I found eight easily correctable mistakes writers often make. Here they are…and how to correct them instantly. 

1. UNFOCUSED SUBJECT – Focus on a single theme only. Every sentence and paragraph should reinforce that topic. 

2. TOO LONG – Abraham Lincoln crafted his Gettysburg Address in less than 300 words. Unless I’m specifically asked to do otherwise, I try to condense my work to one double-spaced single page (about 250 words). 

3. WEAK PREMISE – Can you state the major focus of your message in 20 words or less? 

4. NO ATTENTION-GRABBER – The first sentence or two must quickly attract the reader. Two ways to do this: (a) ask a question or (b) reveal a discovery. 

5. UNLINKED PARAGRAPHS – Each paragraph should logically lead to the next. One way some writers do this: (a) quickly write several paragraphs on a subject; ((b) prioritize them; (c) present them in descending order from most important to least important; (d) conclude by restating the two or three most important points. 

6. PASSIVE VERBS – Passive verbs like is, am, was, and were simply exist. Action verbs run, jump, excite, and motivate. 

7. BORE FACTOR – Some research says the average adult attention span is only eight seconds. So it’s important to make your points convincingly, and end your paper powerfully. 

8. WEAK ENDING – Exit your report like an experienced stage performer…leave your audience wanting more. Two ways to do this: (a) use a famous quote to reinforce your conclusion, or (b) give details showing the reader where to get more information on the subject. (Examples: your phone, fax, e-mail, etc.) 


- mantosh

My english teacher assighned our class to write a short story about anything but it has to be 6 pages typed..So does anyone know what i can write about, bcuz i have no clue and i just need to write about something…=]
- weezybaby

Can anyone tell me the tone in the short story “:How i met my Husband” by Alice Munro?
- Strawberry

Im doing my English writings prelim on Monday and i have been practicing but i don’t know how long a short story should be. Can anyone please help ?
- Sarah.xXx

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The book teaches sharing and caring and some math incorporated into the story. www.unitedchildrensbooks.com
- unitedchildrensbooks

Self explanatory…

Anyways I would like it to be a deeper subject then just the usual short stories.

I was thinking of a story about a Jewish girl’s experience in the holocaust but I couldn’t condense it enough for a short story.

PLEASE HELP! All ideas welcomed!!
- tayloo_heartsyou

Does Your Theme Contain Character, Conflict, Resolution? Eight Ways To Write Better Instantly.

Creative Writing Tips –

For a theme to work and the story, which will revolve around the theme, it has to contain three things…

1. Character

2. Conflict

3. Resolution

What’s the reason for this?

If your theme doesn’t contain these three essential elements, then you won’t be writing a proper short story. It might turn out to be an essay instead.

Because without…

1) Characters

You can’t achieve emotional depth. Readers become engrossed in stories because of the characters in them. They either become the character (sympathize), or read about an interesting person (empathize).

Emotional depth is achieved when readers use their imagination and senses and/or experiences to live the story through the characters.

2) Conflict

Your story will be boring. Why? Without conflict, something to stir things up, nothing happens. And a story, in which nothing happens, is one not worth writing about.

Your characters don’t lead carefree lives. Well, not in the instance you are writing about them. In that part of their lives they are faced with a problem. They want something and can’t get it because of the conflict, which is preventing them to do so.

And it’s that conflict and the struggle the characters has to undergo that keeps us readers interested and in suspense. Will the character succeed or won’t he? And when is this all going to happen? And how is it all going to happen?

3) Resolution

Something that starts has to finish, one way or another.

Once you have created great characters, which the reader will come to care about, and you have placed them in conflict, that conflict at the end of your story has to be resolved. The characters will achieve their goals or they won’t.

That doesn’t matter.

You can end your story as you please and as it suits your story – but you have to end it. Ending the story means resolving the conflict.

Does your theme contain character, conflict, resolution?

Eight Ways To Write Better Instantly

Is it possible to improve your writing instantly? The answer, happily, is “yes.”

While researching a book on famous speeches and essays, I found eight easily correctable mistakes writers often make. Here they are…and how to correct them instantly.

1. UNFOCUSED SUBJECT – Focus on a single theme only. Every sentence and paragraph should reinforce that topic.

2. TOO LONG – Abraham Lincoln crafted his Gettysburg Address in less than 300 words. Unless I’m specifically asked to do otherwise, I try to condense my work to one double-spaced single page (about 250 words).

3. WEAK PREMISE – Can you state the major focus of your message in 20 words or less?

4. NO ATTENTION-GRABBER – The first sentence or two must quickly attract the reader. Two ways to do this: (a) ask a question or (b) reveal a discovery.

5. UNLINKED PARAGRAPHS – Each paragraph should logically lead to the next. One way some writers do this: (a) quickly write several paragraphs on a subject; ((b) prioritize them; (c) present them in descending order from most important to least important; (d) conclude by restating the two or three most important points.

6. PASSIVE VERBS – Passive verbs like is, am, was, and were simply exist. Action verbs run, jump, excite, and motivate.

7. BORE FACTOR – Some research says the average adult attention span is only eight seconds. So it’s important to make your points convincingly, and end your paper powerfully.

8. WEAK ENDING – Exit your report like an experienced stage performer…leave your audience wanting more. Two ways to do this: (a) use a famous quote to reinforce your conclusion, or (b) give details showing the reader where to get more information on the subject. (Examples: your phone, fax, e-mail, etc.)


- mantosh