Short story writing
I write short blogs. I write poems. I am fond of short stories. But try as I might, I found it difficult to write a short story. Two months back I subscribed to a workshop on story writing. It was conducted by an eminent story writer. She began by explaining what is not a story. What are the essential elements of a story. The thing she impressed upon us all was that you need to identify the seed for a story. Events are constantly happening around us, in our lives and the lives of others, our friends, relatives, acquaintances. We also read and watch news in which there may lie a seed for a good story. So the first step, she said, was to identity the seed for a good story. Once this is done, then you have to use your imagination to create characters, incidents etc. and build the story. Sometimes you think of adding situations and characters as you start building the story. You may think of the end at the start or it may be revealed to you as you are writing the story. It was a good works...
