How to write a short story by Lai Ching Yi https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf en-us 2023-02-22 03:16:40 UTC 2025-10-07 16:21:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4dd.png vwdw65wrj4 https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2490574936
  • Short stories are a form of narrative writing
  •  Short, self-contained work ( Normally between 1000-10000 words)
  • There are required elements in ss writing
    • ]]>     2023-02-22 03:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2490574936     Elements 2: Character vwdw65wrj4 https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2490600310 Characters are the people (or animals, aliens, mythical creatures, or sentient objects) who do the action in your story.
    •  Protagonist(主角): undergoes some kind of change (or lack thereof) as a result of the story’s main conflict.
    • Antagonist:  attempting to prevent the protagonist’s change (*doesn’t have to be a person—it could be the protagonist’s environment, their society, or even an aspect of themselves.)
    ]]>     2023-02-22 03:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2490600310     Elements 4: Plot vwdw65wrj4 https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2490602747 Plot is the series of events that illustrate the story’s conflict.
    • generally best to start your plot as close to the end as possible.
    • Rember to put a rising action to increase the tension of your story before the climax.
    ]]>     2023-02-22 03:59:41 UTC https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2490602747     Elements 3: Theme vwdw65wrj4 https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2490605681 A short story’s theme is its central message.
    •  is the point the author wants readers to take away from their work. 
    • Remember to keep your theme clear and make your story developnment is centre with the theme.
    ]]>     2023-02-22 04:04:11 UTC https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2490605681     Elements 5: Conflicts vwdw65wrj4 https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2490606313 Conflict is the action that drives the story’s plot. 
    •  the obstacle the protagonist has to overcome or the goal they’re attempting to reach.
    • A conflict can be internal.
    ]]>     2023-02-22 04:05:11 UTC https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2490606313     Elements 1: Setting vwdw65wrj4 https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2490606935 Setting is the time and place where a story’s action occurs.]]> 2023-02-22 04:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2490606935 Do you have any idea/experience about short story writing? Let's discuss together! vwdw65wrj4 https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2493770033 2023-02-24 11:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2493770033 Check this video! What your have learnt from this video? vwdw65wrj4 https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2493774700 2023-02-24 11:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2493774700 “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson vwdw65wrj4 https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2493776853
  • This is a story about the dark side of humanity and the blind trust of traditional culture

    • A small and happy New England town where once every year the residents select lots to choose one person who will be stoned, presumably to death.

    ]]>     2023-02-24 11:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2493776853     ”The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman vwdw65wrj4 https://padlet.com/vwdw65wrj4/bfdkl1r3sipfakaf/wish/2495496906 Regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature for its illustration of the attitudes towards the mental and physical health of women in the 19th century.

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