I have been encouraged to write a story because my Dad thinks that I could write a good one. But I'm stuck for ideas. In English in school we are writing a story, monologue or any other creative piece of writing with inspiration from a poem from the AQA Anthology. I did a draft of it and it was 750 words, and the word limit is 600-800, but you can't actually write a piece of writing that could potentially be released of that length. I literally wrote all of my ideas and everything I wanted to write about, which was a good enough length for our C.A, but not enough for a book. I only want to write a short piece of writing, but I was thinking I could carry on from what I was writing in school, but I can't think of any more ideas. What should I write about?
Maybe a short story of a couple pages or so expanding on the little bit you wrote? I agree that 800 words is a microscopic limit. It would help would-be advice givers to know the topic, though. What was your assignment about?
I disagree that you can't get that published. Short stories, in my experience, are a lot easier to get published than novels. Check into whether there are any contests going on to collect stories for an anthology. Especially at your age - a lot of writing contests are aimed at young people hoping to encourage them to get into writing.
So... you're looking to write a novel? Me too. I had a rather obsessive day, and I wrote about 6000 words. And I'm not quite finished yet I don't think you should write what someone else tells you to. Finishing a long story can be difficult, and if its not 'from the heart' or whatever they say, you'll struggle. Write about people, find a world and conflict for them, and then write the character's stories. And write so that you can identify with the characters, but don't confine them to your experiences. Hope that helps. There's no reason why you can't expand the story you've already written, of course.
Write what you feel is right. I am going through the same thing. My mom wants to right a story about a little girl who went to heaven, but I am not going to. I feel she is using my writing to validate herself. So also wants me to write what right. You write what you feel is write. I will let others tell me what write with the exception of constructive feedback. For example, showing me grammar and word choice errors, etc
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