Writing Fiction & Poetry : How to Identify a Short Story Theme

[from1978]

Another great video!



[OokamiKuma225]

I wish I was that cool

[meandmyself364]

@OokamiKuma225

wishing is for turning frogs into princes' (smile) you took the time to look at this video so you must be headed in the right direction!

[srgwarcock]

Santa is such a good literature teacher :)

[DKC1011]

I am currently working on a story. Its is a zombie story, and know its not based on spectacular gore and gunfire and all of this. but it is based on the tale of an average 16 year old boy, trying to come to terms with the end of the world, and in the meantime trying to hunt down his parents. Thanks for the help David.

[HOHOHOHI888]

HOLY SHIT I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT JUST HAPPENED AT HOME. I THINK I NEED TO PULL SUICIDE

[Meltedsnake4]

@puppiesare2cute7 Villan can be a protagonist or an antagonist, most commonly an antagonist but there are cases where he is a protagonist.

[ih8makinusernames]

@puppiesare2cute7 The antagonist.

[HannahElhan]

You're rather inspiring.

[trmptdreams]

Huh... this guy actually knows how to use his brain! More videos, please! This is sooo good!

[figocooldude]

SO, if there is no goal, if the protagonist finishes unchanged, than what is it? Is it still a short story, or is more like prose poetry?

[shadow13346]

@figocooldude it's boring.......if there is no change and no goal than there is no point in reading or writing it.

[figocooldude]

@shadow13346 Just to state an example, doesn't Holden in Catcher in the Rye stay the same?

[shadow13346]

@figocooldude as the dude suggests, I am sure there is another character that changes. The protagonist doesn't have to change. Also, sometimes the protagonist doesn't change, but they still take on a journey and are trying to reach to goal that this guy talks about. For example, Drizzt in Salvatore's Dark Elf saga doesn't change much in the last trilogy, however, he is met with challenges that make him think about changing. He inevitably realizes that he made the right choice though.

[Larkinchance]

I develop a character that is unorthodox and flawed but completely realistic. The conflict is between the main character and a conventional world.  If i place a well drawn character into this situation, the story often can write itself complete with a surprise ending.

[zorrodebaruta]

Very clear. It would seem that a good short story is to some extent a successful exercise in rhetoric: the truth of a universal theme is asserted by the vividness and aesthetics of the story. Is this on the right track?...

[alanna4858]

aaaaah i didn't think of that

[GlobalDeen]

I like to watch this dude in High Quality

[alanna4858]

i wish these videos were longer.

[ih8makinusernames]

expert village uploads so much if the videos were any longer they would be very hard to upload.