Short stories like these have fun characteristics that make them unique from any other story. It can be tough to make a story that short with a satisfying ending, and there is so much you could add to tell the rest of the story. Here are some wide-ranging prompts from 6 different types...
Flash fiction is a fictional short story. If you are willing to write flash fiction on your own, here are some tips. Select a genre(体裁)for your writing. To begin with, decide your genre first. 1 Your genre can be science fiction, horror,thriller(惊险小说), or romance, depending on ...
I have prepped Nano for the new novel. And I will post here as it comes along to let you know how it’s going. In a future post I will update you about the space one from last year, and I have a series of short stories coming out soon. I’ll drop a few breadcrumbs here as ...
Designers have long used scenarios and their close relative storyboards to organize, justify, and communicate ideas. More recently, however (dating to the mid 1980s),usability specialistsbegan to use scenarios as aids to system design, product development, and research in human/computer interaction....
Literature Novels & Short Stories Short Story Writers Arthur Miller American playwright Actions Cite Share Give Feedback External Websites Print Cite Share Feedback External Websites Also known as: Arthur Asher Miller Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia...
In a short story, even for the protagonist, there may be only ten to twenty key characterization opportunities. Often, there are fewer. In the novel, with its longer timeline and wider range of development from the direct story line, there are more opportunities for a character to show his...
Dumb, naive, lazy, dim-witted, ignorant, cheerful, friendly, childlike, kind, immature, short-tempered, selfish, hypocritical, unintelligent, aggressive, pleasant, cheerful, carefree, well-meaning, mean (sometimes), loyal, fun-loving, ill-mannered, optimistic, forgetful, scatter-brained, casual, ...
But we still have missing stairs. We have a mechanism in place for responding to code of conduct reports, but it’s almost entirely implicit. That works in the short-term, but it’s not scaleable and doesn’t ensure stability and adaptability over time. Communities need ways to transfer ...
Perhaps Melville’s most memorable short story is the mesmerizing “Bartleby, the Scrivener.” There are few tales like it. As I’ve mentioned before, nearly 20 years ago I visited the Pittsfield, Mass., house where Melville lived from 1850 to 1863. The window above the desk on which the...
The novel tells the story of an extraordinarily beautiful young man, Dorian Gray, who is taken under the wing of an older, amoral man, Lord Henry Wotton. Entranced by Henry’s views on art and sensuality, Dorian wishes to remain as young and handsome as a portrait of himself painted by ...