Question

how to write a short story?

Answer 1

think of a topic that you want to enthuse about. write about it, put about 2 main charcaters. + the topic and some good details and wa lah!

Answer 2

Take a very short topic such as a birthday of a friend or a road accident that you may have seen somewhere. Keep the number of characters minimum and focus on that single particular event. Try not to mention anything before or after that event.
Good luck with the writing =)

Answer 3

u kinda look like charlie sheen

Answer 4

Thanks a bunch. I'll take that as a compliment =)

Answer 5

haha. do u know what hes done? im not saying u did though. lol

Answer 6

Apart from "Two and a Half men"? No. What has he done?

Answer 7

drugs, drank too much, hired p**n stars till his thing was, um. he put a knife to his wives throat after a party. bad-mouthed producers of his shows and the network. he said in an interview, the reporter asked "do you still use?" and he responded with "do i still use? i use stuff everyday. i used my toaster this morning!"

Answer 8

Ahem. No more proud of being A 'Charlie Sheen' look-alike.. :'(

Answer 9

(laughs)

Answer 10

An important thing to remember, especially in short stories, is a literary device called Chekhov's Gun. Essentially, it means that you never introduce something into the story without using it in some way, shape, or form. So let's say in the first paragraph of your story you describe the setting. Let's say a cottage in the countryside and it is raining. You must use every single thing you've included as a part of your story. There has to be a reason you chose to make it a cottage and not a house, mansion, castle, villa, townhome. There has to be a reason it is the countryside. Perhaps the protagonist keeps horses. There has to be a reason it is raining. Perhaps you wish to demonstrate a certain tone such as sadness or perhaps the rain will let up and it synchronises with the climax of the story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov%27s_gun

Answer 11

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/1/