Short Story Starters!?
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Try the plot-o-matic, it helps in just this type of instance.\n\nGood luck with your story :-)
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www.fanfiction.net\n\nA great! Pleace to start if you want. If you want to create your own then their mite be some trouble with that but other then that its free! just sign up!
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Be creative about it.  A lot of people start by introducing themselves.  I started mine with a quote from a poem.
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Poems can follow all kinds of formats, and unless your assignment tells you specifically what kind, you are free to create anything! Find the key story-telling points of your short story, the things that if left out would leave a hole in how it goes. Write down this list of points in the order they happen. You can go through each line of your list, and play with the words a little, exchange blah adjectives like "scary" with words like "horrific," "terrifying" etc. You can make the last words of each line, or point, rhyme,or alternate the rhyme to every other line. (Rhyming, by the way, is optional!) You can play with the story structure as well as the words you use to tell it, like telling Red Riding Hood from the Woodcutter's point of view, or beginning your poem with the end of the story, and going back to tell the tale. Have fun with this, you have a chance not to follow someone else's rules for once! Hope this helps:)
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Do you get to pick your own topic?  Can you choose a short story? If so, write a paper on the group cohesiveness (how a group of people can influence a single person or smaller group) in the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.  You can compare and contrast to today's society.  I used this topic for a college paper and got a great grade.  A hint, teachers don't like reading the same paper over and over so if you know that a certain topic is really popular, try to either steer clear of it or vary it somewhat. \n**Also, make sure you use the 5 paragraph format (first paragraph introduces your thesis and 3 main points, next 3 paragraph supports each point, final paragraph reinforces points and thesis before closing).
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When I was in college, going for a degree in English--Creative Writing, I read over 650 short stories.  This added professionalism and elegance to my writing.  My profs and fellow students would comment about my work after class sessions, such comments as, "That was my favorite short story for the entire semester, " or "You write with such emotion."  In recent months, I began to read The New Yorker magazine in order to improve my vocabulary so my writing can emulate that posh and erudite style its authors have.\n\nI recommend you do a lot of reading but also writing daily.  Words are the tools we use.  And the more tools in your toolbox, the more your writing will be extraordinary.
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What kind of stories u like or poems?>
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Hey that's a cool story :) and thanks for answering :) good luck with the story forwards :)
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Nightmares and Dreamscapes.  Collection of short stories with "something for everyone."
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First, try to find a topic the interests you.  Some of my faves:\nGrapes of Wrath, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Giver, Number the Stars, Call of the Wild, The Outsiders, Holes, Ironman, StarGirl, Of Mice and Men, When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, I Robot, The Pigman, From the Mixed-Up Files of Basil E. Frankwieler, The Chocolate War, I Am the Cheese.\nSome are real classics, some are Young Adult literature, but there are plenty of web resources for you to choose the right one for you
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_tales
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http://www.trollshop.net/stories/stories/\nhttp://burpingtroll.com/\nhttp://www.story-lovers.com/listsogrestrollsstories.html
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Intro with main idea of topic\n2-3 supporting detail paragraphs\n1 short conclustion
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What does your anthology contain?  Is there a common theme or pattern?\n\nWithout having that information it makes it quite hard to suggest anything.
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a short story with a title
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Try reading the "Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snickett....they're great and will keep your imagination running while we all wait!
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Have a look here http://www.writing-world.com/contests/index.shtml