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Two or more characters having a conflict with each other.

This is a story where the main character must overcome something within themselves in order for the story to be resolved.

A character having a conflict with themselves.

It is common to divide conflict into six main types in literature: For example, in Jane Austen's novels the conflict can be a woman's desire to marry well. In literature, the conflict is an obstacle to be overcome and the thing that sets events in motion and carries the action forwards. Usually, when we talk about conflict, we think of people having an argument or a fight. Did any of the descriptions surprise you? Give and get feedback.

entering a pizza bakery when you are very hungry.

If you want to give your readers the feeling that they can smell, hear, and/or touch the things listed below, how would you describe them? Be creative, and don't shy away from using imagery. She has a sudden conviction that if she lifted all the furniture in his house she would find layers of squished black bugs underneath Hammond’s house smells like a form of slow poison has been hanging in the air for years. When people have sadness or hate inside them, it comes out in a miasma.

She has come to believe the homes of sad or hateful people smell different. Engaging the readers' senses draws on both memory and imagination and makes the setting and situations you describe seem more real. One way to do this is to describe sounds and smells, or to describe how something feels to touch. What do they think the items say about the person?īeing able to create mood and atmosphere in the story is important. Look at what you have listed: What do the items say about the person?.Think about the person you wrote about in Task 2: What is the person wearing? What do they carry in their pockets? Your smile is like coming in from the freezing cold to a room with a log fire burning.My grandmother is a crabapple, withered and bitter.Ī simile is when you compare one thing with another using comparison words.What do the group members think your character is like, based on your description? What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?Ī metaphor is when you compare one thing with another without using comparison words.

When you have made the description share it in the group. (If you have trouble thinking of a character you can use imagery to describe someone you know.) You can for example use a simile or a metaphor. Think of a character, and use imagery to describe them. Sir Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic. He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper armour shouting "All the Gods are bastards". It can also be done through indirect characterisation: describing things the character says or does that reveal something about them. This can be done through direct characterisation, where the author describes the character: what do they look like, what do they wear, what is their personality like, and so on. Perhaps there is still time.Ĭharacterisation is the way an author brings a character to life. Yesterday at the home, she threw her teacup at the nurse. Aged 5 hurled clogs through a glass door, because I wouldn’t bend. Example of short story written with a 50 word limit: Motherīorn. Give each other feedback that highlights what was good about the story. When you have finished writing, share your text in a group.

Make sure it is a story something must happen in the text.

Write a story about yourself in 50 words or less.

In this task the challenge is to be able to create a story when you have very few words at your disposal. Do you agree that this qualifies as a short story?įor sale: baby shoes. It is said that Ernest Hemingway once, to win a bet, wrote a short story that was just 6 words long.

Writing short stories depends on being able to say as much as possible with as few words as possible.