 Short Stories: May 14, 2014 Issue [#6280] |
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This week: Real Short Stories Edited by: Annette  
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Real Short Stories
Would Edgar Allan Poe read your short story?
Those who read my April newsletter about short stories may remember that Edgar Allan Poe defined a short story as one that could be read in one sitting. In an age of everything digital, microblogging, and short attention spans, is it even possible to capture an audience long enough to make it past an anecdote?
As you compose your short story, instead of agonizing over word count, how about asking yourself if the great short story writers of old Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the others would enjoy your story. Don't worry about genre or plot too much. You will write about many things that those people wouldn't know anything about. Rather, ask yourself if your short story is captivating so that somebody would want to sit in a comfortable chair, maybe with a cup of tea, and enjoy your short story. Maybe even read it twice to make sure to catch all twists and turns.
Do you have a solid inciting incident? Is the cast of characters small and big enough to tell the story? Are you concentrating on one plot line only? Is the ending satisfying? Would somebody who took an hour or so to read your story put the book or electronic reading device down and ruminate about your story for a while or even days?
Now that I hung the bar so high, let me ask you a final question: did you have fun writing it? In the end, that one qualifier will be the one that you truly have to measure your story by. As you write your short story, make sure to entertain yourself first.
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For my last Short Story newsletter "Defining the Short Story" , I got the following replies:
CCD  wrote: My first real short story and my first portfolio item. Thank you for your consideration. "Suburbs Turned Him Orange"
 It's in the editorial recommendations above. I hope you get some good reviews.
Quick-Quill  wrote: This is a variation of my novel. A short story about an actual murder. It is complete. Introduction, motive, many characters, climax and end. It's still considered a "Short Story." This was #2 in a series with the prompt, "A detective is killed, but he cannot pass on to the next life without solving his open cases." There were six in the series. All about the ghost detective. I thought it was a great prompt and they were all published in an e-zine. "Detective's Secret"
Congratulations on the e-zine publication. I hope my plug above will get you some more readers and reviews.
amy-Finally writing a novel.  wrote: I'd like to contribute a story. How do I do this?
If you want to have one of your short stories featured, simply use the submission for that you used to send in this comment. You can put the link to your story (numbers only) into the little text box above the message box, or insert it into your message.
tYpO/T.Boilerman wrote: Giselle, thank you for including my story in your newsletter as an Editor's pick. It means more to me than you could know. WRITE ON!! "Charley's Story"
It was my pleasure. It one of those stories that really must be out there. Glad to give it some exposure.
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