++ Notes about writing a short story 8-25-13

notes about writing a good story
-notes taken from "How to Write a Short Story in One Hour"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTvKYiCTFOg
-not too appropriate and not too inappropriate
-idea (infancy)
--person or an event
-childhood
--addition of a problem
-adolescence
--provocation (reason to take action on the problem)
-adulthood
--the action the main character takes on the problem, and the consequences (often good to have some irony here)

-elements of a short story
--initial development (problem)
--provocation
--action
--resolution