The craft drives you through writing the short story. The important thing is that you build a craft, when you decide the concept or idea, you begin with brainstorming, then you need to discover the settings. When you begin searching for a place or time, things might change. You might remember a real story that diverted you towards it. It’s that simple. Real stories force themselves into our fiction. Round characters are out there in all places and times. Just write them, not about them.
All characteristics are there to write them. Everything is ready. Just continue through writing and you will find everything setup. The beginning, the resolution, the plot, everything is there. You will find yourself describing, narrating, motivated by your knowledge of the story.
At this point, everything might change because you chose certain settings that changed your path in the story. Every step in the craft twists you through different aspects, unless you planned the story ahead of time. Sometimes, planning ends with nothing. You should have a vision, first, to decide what comes next. It is not about being the best writer, it’s also about being the best reader. A bad reader cannot write fine literature. First, learn how to read. Then search for a place between writers.
Planning is nice, but the craft will lead you. A good plan doesn’t compensate for talent because talent and gift are the engines of writing. Writing a bad novel is a waste of time. Each step in creative writing leads you into a new destination.
Some people write with magic, not craft, and that will lead to nothing. Writers can lose inspiration and face blockage in the flow of ideas.
Magic doesn’t work for novels because of the length and complexity. But it might work for a while for short stories fiction. For articles and poetry, anything is online because there are fewer rules.
I can write a story every day but is that enough without readers. Why do we write? Everything comes after reading, not writing. The best writer isn’t known except through his readers. It is that simple. The best writers can set new rules for everybody. All kinds of rules, even writing rules. Before I decided to write this article, I started a fiction blog on Google in Arabic to overcome the language barrier.
