
How To Write A
Short StoryHow To Write A
Short Story: The Instructions
First of all you should define your audience and purpose before writing a
short story. Let us assume for example that our purpose in
short story writing is to express our feelings on a controversial topic, and that our audience is a close, sympathetic friend. In this case, we may reasonably assume that the audience can provide many details and even understand certain relationships, which we need not specify.
The second our task is to examine our own attitudes and feelings. We have to identify details, which most clearly relate to our perspective, and, perhaps, associate the details of the personal experiences or feelings.
Let us next assume, however, that our task in English
short story writing is to persuade, to influence someone else's feelings and attitudes rather than simply to articulate our own point of view.