ENGL 2005 Chapter : Some Tips For New Fiction Writers
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Some tips for new fiction writers: don"t just write what you know write what"s under your nose, better yet: write a story that would make your parents squirm, don"t overload your story with flashbacks and exposition. Make the story move forward and fill us in on the pertinent details as you go: build your characters implicitly, not explicitly, don"t end your story with a death. In short fiction, a death should be a launch pad, not a crash site: constantly consider your tone in diction, in description, in dialogue, remember that stories don"t need happy endings or perfect resolutions. Whether your story is narrated in the third-, second- or first-person point of view, short fiction works best if we focus on a single character"s perspective.
