Wednesday, 25 February 2015

New Challenge for you... Short Stories

Hey everyone!
It has been a long time since we had our last proper challenge up for you. Even though not many of the requested ideas have become a story (maybe they nevertheless inspired you and you are still writing on it ;), we thought it would be nice to give you a fresh start with a new idea.

This is "Short Story-Challenge"
Put it in a nut shell, write less than six pages if you can!

To give you a little support, we put together a few characteristics of short stories...


Now, what’s a short story, aye? ;)

·         Well, it is, mostly rather short
·         The story starts abruptly, there is no introduction really
·         Typically the ending is open
·         Time warps are not very common. The story is told chronological and linear
·         There is not much enquired about the characters
·         The plot is described shortly and often deals with topics from the protagonists all day life
·         There are only a few protagonists
·         The ending is often a pointe, a surprising turn of events
·         Instead of a long telling-tale time the short story gives a glimpse into a few minutes or hours
·         Protagonists are often no heroes but mostly random and ordinary people
·         One special event/ occasion/ incident is the center of the story
·         Often there are no places or scenes named, often we don’t know where exactly
           the story takes place
·         Personal narrator instead of auctorial narrator


Now go get yourself a little challenge by clicking HERE (you can also find the link in the sidebar) and have fun writing!!
"Da Staff" ;)



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