Creative Writing: What makes a good short story?
In this lesson, we will be looking at what makes a good short story. We will be thinking about our own favourite short stories and what makes them so enjoyable as well as unleashing our imaginations and considering what we would find if we stepped through a window into another world!
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The next lesson in Creative writing: short stories is "Creative Writing: Narrative structure"