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Writing short stories has taught me so much. Writing short stories helps you to discover your writing voice and how you can convey your ideas into fiction. Or you want to become better at the craft and train yourself. Why should you write a short story? Perhaps a novel is still too daunting, and you want to test the waters of fiction. How can you start writing short stories if you’re a beginner?įirst, what is a short story? Neil Gaiman has a good definition: “Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.” And with them a whole lot of your favorite writers. Stephen King, Charles Bukowski, Ray Bradbury, and Kurt Vonnegut all have one thing in common: they started their careers writing short stories.

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Thank You, Ma'am Short Story Activities by The Daring English Teacherĭigital Short Story Bundle by Addie Williams Short Story Complete Unit Plan by Presto Plans Short Story Interactive Notebook Flipbook by The Classroom Sparrow Lamb to the Slaughter Short Story Activity by Nouvelle ELA You can also utilize these great activities by my blog mates: Download it to print and go, or use the TpT digital activity to share it virtually. Regardless of which story you are using with your students, you can use this FREE one-page activity. The students love reading their peers’ stories and the quality of writing is always better knowing they stories will be shared (even if they are anonymous). After they’ve written their stories, I post them online (anonymously on our school website) and we take a week (or more) to read every story in class and give one another compliments.

I use my Narrative Writing presentation and handouts to walk them through writing their own. I like to have them read a wide variety of different stories so they can see just how much writing varies in a single genre. They can study the text structure and dialogue to help them structure their own original creations. I love having students read a series of different stories as mentor texts. 📚 Reading short stories can help students with writing short stories.