HOW TO WRITE A SHORT STORY

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How to write a short story

1. Gather some ideas for your story

 Inspiration can be obtained from anywhere, so prepare a small note where you go, then write down all the ideas you can. For those who are lazy to take small notes in a time that is all sophisticated you can use gadgets or smartphones that are in it there is a notebook application, but I recommend to take a small note.

If you are a hobby of a walk that must be inspiration that you can be separated, to the place that you can inspire to the end of the story you write, when he got in place b was still there part of the less story. Continue and continue like that, then be lucky. Loh ko can get lucky? Because the different inspirations will be a perfect story, then be lucky, if you always take a little note where you go.

 If you have trouble finding inspiration, try reading the brainstorming and if you still can not, look around for people, family or relatives.

 Personal experience is usually a very good idea, not a few writers-like Andrea Hirata, Ahmad Fuadi and others, telling their personal experiences through writing.

2. Start with the bottom of a short story

After discovering what ideas you will make short stories, the next step is the story story, so what you write structured. Very no exception to what fits the story you write, what do you write for beginners? But, if there is why not? Here are some basics for writing short stories;

-Introduction or introduction; You can write about the characters, the timing, the weather and so on.

"The soft, cottony blobs of white cotton keep falling slowly and then fitting paved ..."

Like the example above, being there was snowing.

• Initial scene; Tell me a little bit of the main point that will become the subject
• Important scenes; Start tell me the point problem
• Climate scene; Well, here you can make as interesting as possible the essence of the short story you are making. Make them cry and emotion with your writing.
• The final scene; Where your story will be finished
  ; Ending interesting is the ending that complete the story that you created or ending that still has a story at the end, not a few famous authors deliberately intrigued the reader with the ending that is still dependent

3. Find out from the people around you

If you have any difficulty about what character you are making, try to walk to the market, to the caffe or to the place where many people go, there will be many examples of characters you can take.

Example; You can describe a character who always drank coffee, if he's off and very hard, always stand by the front of the computer or many others.

4. Know the characters you create

This can be a very difficult task, meaning the characters in your story make it as realistic as possible. This character is what will become the icon in the story that you created.

Who does not know azam in the novel when Cinta Bertasbih? Who does not know Fahri in Novel Ayat-ayat Cinta. The writer Habiburohman El Shirazy or familiar with Abang's monster kang calls may be, so easily influenced by the reader.

5. Decide who will tell the story

There are three views that usually tell, first person "I", second person "you" and third person "Dia". The first person is usually the character who will tell the story, the second is the character described by the main person and the third is an outsider who accompanies your story.

Confused yah? I am also confused, for example, in the KCB novel the role is Azam; The role of legs Furqon and the role of the three eliana.

Still confused too? The first person azam, telling about himself who was lecturing while selling tempe, which later in the end found the idol of the heart -Ana Altafunisa; The second man Furqon, tells him he is a successful and handsome Indonesian Student and the third person is Eliana, telling her she is a beautiful and rich artist.

What I take here is simple Novel, in fact there are not only three more views, but because here how to write short stories, try sesimple possible, anyone who tells stories.

6. Organize your thoughts

Or control your mind, What is meant here is set the storyline, usually after you prepare the short story structure as already discussed in the second point, you will not be confused to determine what will happen.

The stories you create will be consistent and will not go off course, starting from introductions or introductions, early scenes, important scenes, climactic scenes, final scenes and conclusions. If you've done this, you'll get used to writing with focus, even if there's a change, you can change it easily. You can write short stories casually until finished.

7. Start writing

Of the several points already written above, an important point in order to write a short story is to start. As much as anything you learn about how to write a short story, join a writing seminar, if you have not dared to start, then it's all in vain.

Can not be denied, writing is a difficult matter. But it will feel more difficult if you do not want to start. Sometimes character clashing and storyline are the reasons, not to mention the titles added. It does not matter. Keep it in the draft, the first point begins to write.

8. Come out swinging

Surely you've heard, "the first sentence will take the reader's attention."
A good and fast start is very important in short story writing, you do not have much time and space to tell your story. Do not waste time with old character introductions or unimportant descriptions. Directly to the storyline, an explanation of the characters you can describe step-by-step in the story.

9. Let the story itself write

You made the story, and surely you do not want the story out of the groove you've planned, or you want to change or remove one of the characters. Its up to you! It's up to you, because you're the developer. But try in the characters you have created, if the character's deepening distinguishes the story, do not worry, do not be afraid it will override the plan you have made, because it will make the story you make more interesting.

10. Always write

You almost finished the story you made, even if the story is finished it does not mean you finish writing, so you get used to writing short stories, try to arrange daily schedule to write, leave two to three hours time to write.