Being a massive fan of short stories the best story writing technique I have found is to read other short stories. By reading other short stories you can pick up alot of story writing techniques used by other authors, and you summarize what kind effect this technique had on you as a reader. After summarizing you can learn to use those techniques yourself to give the readers of your short story the same effect. Every story consists of a beginning middle and end, its the writers job to make all of those consistencies special, give the reader a memorable journey of the writer's imagination. Now looking at the industry standard short stories most of the writers use similar structures and techniques
I have researched in to some tips given by other authors for writing a short story.
Shown below is some research I did about some short story techniques by Kurt Vonnergut, one of the best american story writers.
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- Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
- Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
- Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
- Every sentence must do one of two things–reveal character or advance the action.
- Start as close to the end as possible.
- Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them–in order that the reader may see what they are made of.
- Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.
- Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.
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(http://www.openculture.com/2015/04/kurt-vonneguts-8-tips-on-how-to-write-a-good-short-story.html)
Shown below is some of the general tips for beginner short story writers acquired using a web-source
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Identify The Heart Of Your Story. Explore your motivations, determine what you want your story to do, then stick to your core message. Considering that the most marketable short stories tend to be 3,500 words or less, you’ll need to make every sentence count. If you over-stuff your plot by including too many distractions, your story will feel overloaded and underdeveloped.
See Things Differently. Experiment with your short story’s POV. A unique, unexpected voice can provide the most compelling, focused experience of the central story. Just be careful that you don’t inadvertently give the story to a nonessential character. Narrating the story line through a character who’s not central to the action is a common mistake many new authors make, often with confusing or convoluted results.
Opposites Attract. Elements that work against your character’s central desire will keep the reader intrigued and prevent your story from getting stuck. You can also try approaching your core idea from an unusual direction. Dialogue, setting, and characterization are all areas that will benefit from an unexpected twist.
Craft A Strong Title. This can be one of the most difficult—but one of the most important—parts of writing your story. How do you find inspiration for a great title? Have friends read your story and note which words or phrases strike them or stand out. These excerpts from your text just might hold the perfect title. Try to stay away from one- or two-word titles, which can seem to editors as taking the easy way out.
Shorter Is Sweeter. Resist the urge to go on and on. With a shorter short story, you will have more markets available to you and thus a better chance of getting published. Here at Writer’s Relief, our submission strategists and clients have noticed that editors consistently prefer short stories that are under 3,500 words over longer ones.
Use these simple tips to polish your prose and assess any potential short story shortcomings. With these insider guidelines, you can increase the odds of your short story being selected for the pages of a literary journal. That’s the best ending any author could devise—or even better, a great beginning to your future success!"
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/18/short-story-tips-_n_3947152.html)Comics and graphics novels
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Astro Boy
Astro boy is one of the original manga series, first published in 1952, it was first published by the name of "Mighty atom". The Astro boy series has a few different story lines, after the first release in japan it was wrote in English by fredrick L. Schodt who also changed the art style of the character to make it more appealing to the younger audience. Many people has described the Astro comics has an analog style which made them unique. Japan did not have the reputation for technology that it had gained in 2002 which made the analog nature of Astro boy unique.
Story
Astro boy was created by Dr Tenma the head of the ministry of science and the father of modern robotics. After loosing his son Toby in a robotic accident in the science lab he makes a robotic version of his son because he could no take the pain of loosing him. After days and days of working with no sleep he finally succeeds to make a perfect robotic version of Toby with his memories and appearance. But he also uses the best defense system on Astro boy to make sure he will not loose him again. This is the only robot ever to built with real human emotions. At first Toby does not know that he is robot, but later he finds out that he is quite just a boy. He finds out that he can fly using
Astro boy was created by Dr Tenma the head of the ministry of science and the father of modern robotics. After loosing his son Toby in a robotic accident in the science lab he makes a robotic version of his son because he could no take the pain of loosing him. After days and days of working with no sleep he finally succeeds to make a perfect robotic version of Toby with his memories and appearance. But he also uses the best defense system on Astro boy to make sure he will not loose him again. This is the only robot ever to built with real human emotions. At first Toby does not know that he is robot, but later he finds out that he is quite just a boy. He finds out that he can fly using
Some of the characters in the story
- Astro Boy (Main character)
- Dr. Tenma
- Shunsaku Ban
- President stone
Art style and producers
The art style used in this comic is manga, illustrated by Osamu Tezuka who is also the director of the comic.The story is written by Yoshiyuki Tomino.