HOW TO START A SHORT STORY

HOW TO START A SHORT STORY

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Oct 9, 2019

Reedsy

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In a short story, more than ever you want to catch the reader's attention as quickly as possible in the limited space. Here are a few tips to get readers invested from the start!

 

RESOURCES

How to Write a Short Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLxeT...

How to Start a Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8heh...

How to Write a Novel Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kduvE...

Short Story Contest (weekly by theme): https://blog.reedsy.com/writing-conte...

The Most Common Short Story Titles: http://neil-clarke.com/top-ten-most-c...

 

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Intro

0:32 - The inciting incident

1:30 - Start late on the timeline

2:23 - The fire line

4:35 - The title

5:29 - Interesting actions

 

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