Creative Writing Techniques for Short Stories
How to Find the Idea for a Short Story
A course by Jane Corry , Writer
Write and submit a complete short story by exploring creative writing exercises from character and plot development to proofing and editing
About the video: How to Find the Idea for a Short Story
Overview
“In this lesson, I will share some tips to find ideas for our stories. Let’s make it fun by playing the “what if?” game.”
In this video lesson Jane Corry addresses the topic: How to Find the Idea for a Short Story, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Writing Techniques for Short Stories. Write and submit a complete short story by exploring creative writing exercises from character and plot development to proofing and editing.
Partial transcription of the video
“So, in this lesson, I'm going to help you get ideas for your short story. And we're going to play a game. Now, if you're a warrior, and I'm a bit of a warrior too, you're going to love this game because it's called What's If. Now, I'm the kind of person who will think about situations in advance and think, oh, what if something happens? So, I'm going to think of something that happened to me yesterday and think, what if? So, I was stupid enough to step down the wrong way from a bus at an airport and I went flying on the ground. Luckily, I only bruised my knees, but what if I'd actually brok...”
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Course summary for: Creative Writing Techniques for Short Stories
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Creative Writing, Writing
A course by Jane Corry
Jane Corry started her literary journey as a trained journalist, writing for a diverse range of newspapers and magazines. Her versatile writing skills led her down the path of fiction, where she has published 19 novels to date. Jane's love for crafting short stories has seen hundreds of her narratives featured in magazines around the globe. Besides her writing prowess, she also has a passion for teaching. Jane has shared her expertise with students at prestigious institutions like Oxford University and served as a Royal Literary Fellow at Exeter University.
Seven of her novels have secured spots in the top ten of The Sunday Times. Her latest novel is called 'Coming to find you' and is published by Penguin. Her works have crossed borders, being published in more than 20 countries worldwide. Her success has equipped her with valuable insights, which she enthusiastically passes onto others. She currently lives by the sea in southwest England, and even in the coldest of weathers, she enjoys swimming all throughout the year. She gets most of her ideas while she's in the water.
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