How to Write Short Stories in 6 Easy Steps

by K.S. Tan

Simple, Yet Hard ...This book was created especially for the Kindle Singles program and has been submitted."Simple Blueprint for Short Story Success""Great short story about short stories""Brilliant book about how to write short stories"The short story is deceptively simple to write but frustratingly hard to master. It requires the ability to distill an entire story--all of its emotion, character development, and action--into a few thousand words. Due to its length, writers do not have the luxury of a long buildup or character development. You have to do more with less.That said, it is something you can learn .This eBook contains creative exercises and a step-by-step guid e to writing a short story. It also includes a " Practical Application " section for most of the steps, where you will develop a sample story of your own. You will generate a story idea, a character, and follow the steps outlined in the book to see how the steps are applied."The author gives clear step-by-step instructions on how to get started,and how to develop a full-blow story in a small package. He explains notonly how to do this by why it is essential to write short stories in acertain way for maximum impact."Here's a peek inside the Table of This ebook focuses on just the writing process itself. Its intention is to allow you to see how it is done and to follow along. And by following the steps, to produce a short story of your own ."To conclude, the book includes practice exercises - not some airy-fairyacademic waste of time, but real hands-on exposure to the development ofan actual short story. That alone is worth getting the book for."There would subsequently be other phases the story has to go through before it can be published, but that would be another story for another day.

Genres: Writing

29 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 14, 2013

About the author

“Be creative, optimistic and idealistic. There are whole new worlds built on that. There is no market that is so saturated that you cannot create a new world to conquer it.”

I have been writing short stories as soon as I learned to type and got my first radio broadcasted story when I was 17. Story telling as a medium cuts through all cultures and strata of society to bring your message across. It is a universal language.

I started writing for Kindle since 2011 and has published a few bestsellers. My favorite format is the short story and novella. It is quick to finish, and I can move on to the next creative idea.

Reviews

[Della Loredo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent little book on writing short stories - easy to read, points are clear and logically presented.

[Demitria Teague · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and Sweet

It's a no fluff, but not a bore, tool that will effectively show you how to write a short story.

[Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

A step-by-step guide with some practical element to it. It wont take you long to read it, as it's only about 25 or so pages long, but if you are interested in structuring good short stories then it's a good book to have.

My only criticism is that it could have gone a bit deeper, and would have therefore been a bit longer.


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[R.D. Hayes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informative, easy to read, jam packed

To the point writing. I love the examples and how the author breaks everything down so it's easy to easy to understand. I can't wait to read your other informative books, as well as your short stories.

[Shoniqua Conklin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another Good Book For Creative Writing Workshops.

I love how fluid and knowledgeable this author is about the process of creating short stories. This is definitely recommended for beginners and veterans alike if they need a brush-up on the topic.