Comments on: The Short Story on Structuring Your Short Story

By: Short Story Structure | I'll get to the point.. eventually.

Short Story Structure | I'll get to the point.. eventually. — Mon, 09 May 2011 03:36:15 +0000

[...] This website explains this in a way that I can’t: Structuring Short Stories [...]

By: 10 Resources to Help You Write a Great Short Story

10 Resources to Help You Write a Great Short Story — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:34:40 +0000

[...] As paradoxical as it may seem, short stories are harder to wrap your head around than a novel. And harder yet to successfully pull off. (read more) [...]

By: Tenille

Tenille — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:59:16 +0000

I thought about writing a long comment about why and how much this helps me; but in the end it all come down to a massive THANKYOU.

By: Daniel Strachan

Daniel Strachan — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:20:33 +0000

Larry:
What a find!!..It was well delivered and lots of fun. I’ve been searching for an article that would explain the differences between writing a truly great short story versus writing a truly great novel. This find was a masterpiece. Thank you.

By: In the Blogosphere: 8/9-8/13 « My Daytime Drama

In the Blogosphere: 8/9-8/13 « My Daytime Drama — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:00:09 +0000

[...] It’s all about the mission, baby. The Storyfixer, Larry Brooks, discusses what makes a successful short story. [...]

By: What Has Been Done; What Is To Come Week 4 « Exploring Eliza

What Has Been Done; What Is To Come Week 4 « Exploring Eliza — Mon, 31 May 2010 03:07:02 +0000

[...] Brooks recently posted about writing short stories, and how his method of writing fits into this structure. He repeats a lot of stuff I already know, [...]

By: Tony McFadden

Tony McFadden — Thu, 27 May 2010 11:06:54 +0000

The more I write, the better I get (I hope).

The more I read here, the better I get at being better.

Thank you for another great post.

By: Linda Yezak

Linda Yezak — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:45:47 +0000

My first short story bombed, and now I know why. Thanks for the lesson. Maybe my next will be better!

Linda

By: Bruce H. Johnson

Bruce H. Johnson — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:21:41 +0000

Shorts are really tough jobs. If nothing else: “I have made this [letter] longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter,” Blaise Pascal.

Try some Flash fiction sometime, too. That’s less than 500 words.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:31:46 +0000

Larry, thanks for doing the short story. You have distilled the essence of most, if not all of your process into this one piece. I appreciate it.

The Six Core Competencies of Successful Storytelling: concept, character, theme, scene execution and writing voice.

Conflict. Stakes. Need. Journey. Opposition. Characterization. Setting. Arena. Sub-text. Voice.

set-up… shift… response… shift… attack… shift… resolution.