<p>Sorry for the language, but I'm growing desperate. What's today? I have five days to throw something together. I can't do this. My mind is blank and so is my page. I can write novels, poems, articles, but short story writing is beyond me, speak less of short short story writing. I'm stuck. I can't tie any of this together. And I'm wasting time.</p>
<p>Help?</p>
<p>what do u have to write about? Anything. i need more info to help u</p>
<p>I just finished one for a contest due Friday, I agree need more details</p>
<p>You can write about anything. That's the problem.</p>
<p>Eh, it's for Scholastic Art and Writing.</p>
<p>If you can write a novel, then you can write a short story.</p>
<p>Just take one specific scene (maybe a chapter) from something you've already written, add some more details and flesh out the ending, and you're golden. </p>
<p>Like, let's say you wrote The Dark Knight. Your short story could be the scene with the two ferrys - the people deciding not to blow each other up. Make sense?</p>
<p>Hey rachel525 I'm submitting to scholastic too! I was stumped too and then I remembered a weird idea I've had since childhood and just decided to push it. Maybe think about weird dreams you've had or dramatic incidents from your life and fictionify it a little? :)</p>
<p>ohh write about the funny stories that have happened in ur life or circumstances in ur life that have changed ur life</p>
<p>You can write satire. That's what I'm doing. I made a list of things in this world that I find hilarious or dumb, and I just wrote about a fictional event making fun of them.</p>
<p>I think I'm going to make fun of a sappy French date. It's based on something humorous I wrote for Spanish class, so the story is kind of in Spanish right now. I'm going to adapt it so it's a bit more satirical yet. Since my ending is a bit morbid, I'm not sure if I want to use it for satire or not. We'll see. I think I'll put a note on it that says "Translated from the Spanish." It just sounds cool.</p>
<p>Okay. Thanks. I appreciate all of this. I finally feel inspired. I'm gonna go for it.</p>