Tips on Creative Writing

1. Find a hook to grasp the attention of your reader, listener, viewer

2. A short story is more compact than a novel so you will need to be more eco- nomical with description.

3. There is no need to reveal the ending - let the reader anticipate
focus on one event

4. A short story requires conflict whether it's just in the character's mind or not. There needs to be a build up of dranatic tension

5. The plot is like the skeleton - it's a series of events that happen

Ways to reveal character traits:-

* through dialogue

* by putting them into a situation - how do they respond to that situation

* Names/nicknames tell the reader about the character

* how they reveal their emotions tells the reader about the character

* their possessions, their job, etc.