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How to write a short story?

I have to write a short-story essay for English... but it has to be a maximum of 500 words. How do I write a short story that short?

  • In my opinion this is ******* ridiculous. I'm really kind of mad at my teacher for giving us an assignment like this, because 500 words is like one page. ONE page... how am I ...show more

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    Stories this short would usually have no more than two characters and focus on one thing. Some will have just the main character talking to reader about what's happening or what has happened, others can be constant back and forth dialogue between two characters. Hopefully this website may help you. https://open.abc.net.au/assets/projects/pdf/ABCOpenTipsheet_500words.pdf

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Complaining about it won't get it written. But this isn't a life lesson. Of course you can write a 500 word story. Don't include any description at all. Have three things happen, like a cartoon strip in a daily paper. Don't feel like you need perfect resolution at the end either. All you need is for someone to change between the start and the end. And it can be just a shift in emotion too. So don't overthink it. It can be very simple.

David

Sounds pretty bogus. You can't really fit a storyline in there, so focus on other stuff - you could fill it with rich description, or witty dialogue, or something like that.

Tamar

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