I'm currently working on a fantasy novel, just one. That's why I got the idea (got it from this forum actually ) to get some projects going on the side, in case I get low on inspiration. At first I thought: ''How hard can it be to write a short story. It's just like a long story but shorter.'' But after a few attempts at this - you guessed it :redface: - it started to dawn on me that a short story is another thing entirely! So, does anyone has some advice on how to do a short story as oppose to a long one?
Focus on one main conflict. Don't include things that aren't absolutely necessary. Don't include too many characters (a lot of short stories have just 2-3 characters). Besides all that, read some short stories. Some magazines have stories you can read for free online, but I know that a lot of libraries carry magazines as well. Also, I think there was another thread like this one not too long ago, so you can search for that and read through it.
Think of a short story as a snapshot. Life went on before the story started, and will continue afterwards, but the story focuses on something that causes an important conflict for one of the characters.
