What is a short story? A short story is a short work of fiction. Fiction, as you know, is prose writing about imagined events and characters. Prose writing.

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What is a short story? A short story is a short work of fiction. Fiction, as you know, is prose writing about imagined events and characters. Prose writing differs from poetry in that it does not depend on verses, meters or rhymes for its organization and presentation.

Short stories are written in prose. Novels are another example of fictional prose and are much longer than short stories. Some short stories, however, can be quite long. If a a short story is a long one, say fifty to one hundred pages, we call it a novella.

5 Important Elements of a Short Story: The five key elements that go into every great short story: character, setting, conflict, plot and theme.

Character: A character is a person, or sometimes even an animal, who takes part in the action of a short story or other literary work

Setting: The setting of a short story is the time and place in which it happens. Authors often use descriptions of landscape, scenery, buildings, seasons or weather to provide a strong sense of setting.

Conflict: The conflict is a struggle between two people or things in a short story. The main character is usually on one side of the central conflict

Conflict (cont’d): On the other side, the main character may struggle against another important character, against the forces of nature, against society, or even against something inside himself or herself (feelings, emotions, illness).

Plot: A plot is a series of events and character actions that relate to the central conflict.

Theme: The theme is the central idea or belief in a short story