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bebe66 is ready to start achieving some goals!

Once a month?  — 4 days ago

This could be a nice little goal – to write a short story once a month for a year. It doesn’t have to be amazing or anything but just allows for a little creativity and helps oil the writing cogs. I like this idea. So, my first story will be written by the end of september. Cool.

LucySkye is starting her new journal for her summer/fall entries.

Untitled  — 2 weeks ago

I have an actual idea, I just have to develop more of the aspects of the short story – more of the plot, characters and their backgrounds, and more of the morals.

I had an odd dream about two week ago that’s been plaguing me for awhile now. It’ll be nice once I share what my mind created with other people.

telor  — 1 month ago

Worth doing!

it feels great to finish a short story. i’ve written 2 so far and it wasn’t easy, but writing is a process, and i found it very satisfying to be able to look at a complete story.

i know i can do it, now i just have to work on writing more often

hope to write one better  — 1 month ago

Worth doing!

I wrote about 3 or 4 short stories i am proud of doing so but i feel that I want to be more creative and cultured when it comes to writing short stories I hope all the people will manage to do their short stories

short story  — 1 month ago

this week you should complete one short story.

eat_diet_fruit working on balancing my check book.

I'm No Writer  — 1 month ago

I originally wanted to become a writer when I was young. Sometime during high school I began to realize that I wasn’t really passionate about it so I gave it up.

I graduated college and am preparing for graduate school. At this point, I’ve found my calling in life and it isn’t writing. However, I’m still in love with the idea and I do have something in me that I want to write out. I would really love to write a story about a woman who is like a bullet in the head. I’m not sure what that means, but it’s my starting point.

Hmmm...  — 1 month ago

Egh. I’ve got an idea, but it looks more like a novella than a short story from the plots I’ve got lain out. This is going to be difficult. I think I need a totally different plot idea, but maybe I can condense parts of this one and use it. What do you all plot around- the message you want to get across, some characters, a question you have (such as what is the answer to this or what would happen if…basically an event or possibility) or what? Do you even plot ahead of time or let the plot unfold as you write?

Veritaserumrox is feeling mature :)

definatley worth it!  — 2 months ago

Worth doing!

i wrote a short story once, for my friends who were moving away. it’s about a beaver. a really good way to do it is to slip in a lot of your thoughts like (i think joe was a very interesting pharmacological person!) whatever pharmacological means… anyway, just slip in some insane commentary here and there, it helpsyou write it. then afterwards, you can take the weird stuff out and get rid of mistakes, then you’re ready to print, publish, or E-mail your story.

Klebkatt I'm working on my webcomic

Whys?  — 2 months ago

becuase I didn’t mean to click on this and I already have a writing goal.

Problem?  — 2 months ago

My story right now is just a retelling of a party I attended, and all the characters are thinly veiled and exaggerated versions of my friends. It kind of makes them all look like horrible people, even though they’re all quite lovable in real life. Do I want them to read it when I’m done, and if not, with whom do I share the product?

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cheer_n_soccer_gal asks, “How long should my short storie be if I really want it to get published?”
— 2 years ago


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dwlt asks, “Are there guidelines for what makes a short story short? In terms of word count, for example?”
— 2 years ago


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