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CF-SS191001AS: How to begin & end a short story

By Anita Saran

Outline

Learn how to begin a short story, the different techniques to use such as intrigue and drama, how to plot it, and how to end it in a credible manner which echoes the beginning and so completes it in a satisfying way. Learn through examples.

Length of the Course

This course has one small chapter that deals with the various ways to begin a short story, how to plot it, as well as how to write a satisfying and believable ending.

The estimated length of the course will be around 2000 words.

Question/Evaluation Exercises

There will be an Assignment at the end of the chapter which will be evaluated. There is no separate final test and the score of the assignment will be used to award a rating at the end of the course.

E-mail Queries

Aspirants can also send in their specific queries to the writer of the course via our email address chillifreeze@chillibreeze.com , which can be answered in about 3 days’ time.

About the course instructor

Anita Saran is the published author of the short story, ‘City of Victory’ broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004; a collection of short stories - ‘Dolphin Girl and Other Stories’ published by Har Anand in 1997, ‘Aditya, the Underwater Boy’ -- a novella which won an award in the Nehru Children’s Book Trust national competition, and was published by them in 1996; the funny fantasy novel ‘Circe’, published as an e-book in 2001 by Electric Umbrella, And which will be published again as e-book as well as paperback by Mojocastle Press.‘The Enlightened Robot’, a short story in the online literary journal, Cezanne’s Carrot, and many stories, poems and articles published in the leading newspapers of Karnataka.

List of Chapters/Sections in this course

Chapter 1: Beginning and Endings
Chapter 2: Plotting your Story

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