What is one thing that is absolutely essential in a short story?
Something that you always include when you write one, and miss if you read a story without it ...
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Writer:Tileira At: 07-27-22 @ 9:44am Element: A change in the character or a change in the reader's perspective. So either the character experiences some sort of revelation by the end, or the reader does when the "truth" of the story is revealed (either a plot reveal, or the reveal of a moral)
Writer:Vaishali At: 07-31-22 @ 3:37pm Element: Physical appearance description.
I like to imagine the person how he/she looks if the appearance is described well.
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