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    Writing Short Stories: The Essential Guide

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    Udemy

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    ₹ 499 2999

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    Medium of instructions English
    Mode of learning Self study
    Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based

    Course and certificate fees

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    ₹ 499  ₹2,999
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    The syllabus

    Introduction

    • Welcome and introduction
    • Course overview (the 3-minute tour)

    So what are short stories?

    • How short is short?
    • Story types - what kind do you want to write?
    • DOWNLOAD - Writing Exercise 1 - What's Your Story Type?

    Identify your market

    • Find your market before you start to write
    • DOWNLOAD - Some Short Story Markets
    • Analysing the short story markets
    • Other ways to get your stories published
    • DOWNLOAD - Competition Tips

    Short story elements

    • Where do you get your ideas?
    • DOWNLOAD - Cook-up-a-Story
    • Creating a great opening
    • Structure and plot
    • DOWNLOAD - Plot Structure
    • DOWNLOAD - Story Plan Worksheet
    • Using flashback
    • DOWNLOAD - Story 'Gently Does It'
    • DOWNLOAD - Story 'Gently Does It' with author comments
    • Viewpoint
    • Tense
    • The essential ingredient: conflict
    • Creating characters
    • DOWNLOAD - Naming Your Characters
    • Settings and description
    • DOWNLOAD - Using the Five Senses
    • Writing dialogue
    • Bringing it to an end
    • DOWNLOAD - The Big Freeze
    • Mapping The Big Freeze to the plot diagram

    Editing

    • Kill your darlings!
    • DOWNLOAD - Editing Exercise Part A
    • DOWNLOAD - Editing Exercise Part B
    • Another editing exercise
    • An extra editing exercise
    • Proofreading your work
    • DOWNLOAD - Proofreading Tips

    Submitting your story

    • How to submit your story
    • DOWNLOAD - Cover Sheet
    • DOWNLOAD - Cover Sheet including a pen name
    • DOWNLOAD - Manuscript example
    • Manuscript example including dialogue
    • DOWNLOAD - Example of a Covering Letter
    • Dealing with rejection

    Wrap up

    • Keeping writer’s block at bay
    • Write, write, write
    • 12-Step Action Plan
    • Test your knowledge

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