Comments on: How I write a short story part 2: Planning http://salvatorefalco.com/2009/05/01/how-i-write-a-short-story-part-2-planning/ Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:03:47 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Yes, always, except when it’s no http://salvatorefalco.com/2009/05/01/how-i-write-a-short-story-part-2-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-616 Yes, always, except when it’s no Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:51:40 +0000 http://salvatorefalco.com/?p=238#comment-616 [...] commenter on one of my earlier posts asks, “Is there a protagonist in the modern short story?” My unqualified short answer [...] [...] commenter on one of my earlier posts asks, “Is there a protagonist in the modern short story?” My unqualified short answer [...]

]]> By: abdellatif http://salvatorefalco.com/2009/05/01/how-i-write-a-short-story-part-2-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-612 abdellatif Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:55:23 +0000 http://salvatorefalco.com/?p=238#comment-612 is there a protagonist in the modern short story is there a protagonist in the modern short story

]]> By: Terry Odell http://salvatorefalco.com/2009/05/01/how-i-write-a-short-story-part-2-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Terry Odell Sat, 02 May 2009 21:13:56 +0000 http://salvatorefalco.com/?p=238#comment-609 Gee Whiz. There are names for all that stuff? I'm more of the "stick the hero/heroine up a tree and shoot at him/her" writer. Didn't realize there was technique involved. I will confess that the short story I plotted in most detail was the hardest to write, because the adventure and discovery was gone. Since I knew everything that had to happen, the writing became a chore, searching for the best words rather than the best plot points. Gee Whiz. There are names for all that stuff? I’m more of the “stick the hero/heroine up a tree and shoot at him/her” writer. Didn’t realize there was technique involved.

I will confess that the short story I plotted in most detail was the hardest to write, because the adventure and discovery was gone. Since I knew everything that had to happen, the writing became a chore, searching for the best words rather than the best plot points.

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