The document outlines seven steps to write a short story: 1) include a catchy opening line, 2) add background description, 3) include a character description, 4) develop the plot, 5) include dialogues in direct speech form, 6) write the resolution, and 7) add a twist or surprise ending. It then provides an example short story following these seven steps, where a boy hears a strange sound on his way home through a dark pathway, encounters his grandfather who leads him home, and later learns that his grandfather had died that morning.

1. Write A Short Story in 7 Easy Steps

2. In the tale/surprise ending Twist 7 Solution to no.4 Resolution 6 Sentences in Direct Speech form. Dialogues 5 Or Problem Plot 4 Character Description CD 3 Background Description. BD 2 Catchy Opening Line COL 1 Short Story Writing

3. Twist 7 Resolution 6 Dialogues 5 Plot 4 CD 3 BD 2 I don’t know from where that sound came. COL 1 Short Story Writing

4. Twist 7 Resolution 6 Dialogues 5 Plot 4 CD 3 It was a dark damp pathway. BD 2 I don’t know from where that sound came. COL 1 Short Story Writing

5. Twist 7 Resolution 6 Dialogues 5 Plot 4 I have always been sacred of dark places. CD 3 It was a dark damp pathway. BD 2 I don’t know from where that sound came. COL 1 Short Story Writing

6. Twist 7 Resolution 6 Dialogues 5 But, that was the only way to my village. Plot 4 I have always been sacred of dark places. CD 3 It was a dark damp pathway. BD 2 I don’t know from where that sound came. COL 1 Short Story Writing

7. Twist 7 Resolution 6 I told myself, “It’s just an owl”. Dialogues 5 But, that was the only way to my village. Plot 4 I have always been sacred of dark places. CD 3 It was a dark damp pathway. BD 2 I don’t know from where that sound came. COL 1 Short Story Writing

8. Twist 7 Suddenly, from nowhere, my grandpa appeared and led me home. Resolution 6 I told myself, “It’s just an owl”. Dialogues 5 But, that was the only way to my village. Plot 4 I have always been sacred of dark places. CD 3 It was a dark damp pathway. BD 2 I don’t know from where that sound came. COL 1 Short Story Writing

9. Later, my mom told me that grandpa had died that morning. Twist 7 Suddenly, from nowhere, my grandpa appeared and led me home. Resolution 6 I told myself, “It’s just an owl”. Dialogues 5 But, that was the only way to my village. Plot 4 I have always been sacred of dark places. CD 3 It was a dark damp pathway. BD 2 I don’t know from where that sound came. COL 1 Short Story Writing

10. Later, my mom told me that grandpa had died that morning. Suddenly, from nowhere, my grandpa appeared and led me home. I told myself, “It’s just an owl”. But, that was the only way to my village. I have always been sacred of dark places. It was a dark damp pathway. I don’t know from where that sound came. Write them all together: I don’t know from where that sound came. It was a dark damp pathway. I have always been sacred of dark places. But, that was the only way to my village. I told myself, “It’s just an owl”. Suddenly, from nowhere, my grandpa appeared and led me home. Later, my mom told me that grandpa had died that morning. Now think of a Title. Short Story Writing

11. I don’t know from where that sound came. It was a dark damp pathway. I have always been sacred of dark places. But, that was the only way to my village. I told myself, “It’s just an owl”. Suddenly, from nowhere, my grandpa appeared and led me home. Later, my mom told me that grandpa had died that morning. Last Gasp