2. English Short Stories.
What a fun way to improve English!!!
Important Note
Make sure you start with stories at your level, and go gradually
up.
Do not start with difficult stories that you can't really understand
well.
Every story has a beginning, middle, and end. But the secret to
successfully getting a short story published is to add something
special to your story telling.
4. Place/ Time/ Weather Conditions/ Social Conditions/ Mood or
Atmosphere.
External: Person vs. Person. Person vs. Society. Person vs. Nature.
Person vs. Machine.
Internal: Person vs. Idea. Person vs. Self.
Who is telling the Story.
Controlling idea or its central insight.
Exposition: Introduction of time. Conflict: Struggle. Rising Action:
Complications. Climax: Conflict comes to the head. Falling Action:
Action leading to the solution. Resolution: Ties up loose ends