Fiction
Write a complete short story (2500 words).

Fiction If you choose to write a short story, make sure that its subject matter is appropriate to the length of the assignment (2,500 words). The examples and 36 extracts given in the Handbook should help you here. Some of them exceed the length allowed in this TMA, but even they restrict the number of characters, the location, and the time in which the story is set. Editing your fiction so that it cuts, splices and condenses action is essential to its success. You should also consider the many techniques explored in Part 3 of the Handbook. Look back at Chapters 10 and 11 and their discussion of the influence of film and drama on writing, and the use of structure, montage and juxtaposition. Be cautious about using too many narrative strands in what is a relatively brief narrative. Splicing strands is a device often used in novels but you have to be judicious about using such a device in short stories. Check the advice on p.167 in the Handbook. Think back to the discussion of narrative voice in Chapter 12, and the discussions of rhetoric, analogy, time and theme in Chapters 13, 14, 16 and 17. You will also find it helpful to refer to the EMA checklist later in this booklet. Make sure that what you write is both clear and engaging. At every point in the story, you need to be thinking about what tactics you are using to keep your readers with you. When you are redrafting your story, ask yourself continuously whether what you include is necessary. At the same time, guard against obscurity. Consider starting in medias res – in the middle of the action – and think hard before committing yourself to any backstory. Listening to the writers on CD2 and CD3, and looking at the clips on the DVD, will help you. Remember also that a story does not have to resolve every aspect of the plot. The strength of a story should come from its use of character and conflict. Whenever and wherever your story is set, the detail must be convincing. You need to have done some research, even if the story is contemporary. Make sure you read what you have written aloud, to see whether it has an appropriate rhythm. Consider your use of repetition and analogy and make sure such use is consistent with the story content and the style and voice in which it is written. Follow the layout and presentation guidance for prose earlier in this booklet.

 
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