Apex English 11 Sem 1: 3.1.8 Project: Create a Project
Write a humorous flash fiction (about 1,000 words) that tells a complete story. Include at least one character, a distinct point of view, a source of conflict, and enough sensory detail to bring the setting to life. Use other narrative techniques, such as irony and understatement, to further the plot or make a specific impression on the reader.

Hi! I can't write this entire thing FOR you but I can give you TIPS on how to write it!

Bold = Important thing that must be in a story

-*text here* = Something pertaining to that important thing. Details about it, ideas, etc.

Italic = "subsection" of an important thing.

Here we go:

Character

-Try to base characters off of people you know in real life or maybe even yourself!

-Try to mix together qualities of different people you know to make the image of a character while describing them.

-Something I like to do is go onto Pinterest and search "shirts" or "hair" and choose a random number. Then I go to the, for example, 4th shirt that I see and I use this as inspiration for a characters clothing. Same thing with all features!

Point of view

-Choose a point of view most appropriate for your story or simply one that you enjoy writing in the most.

First person

-Written in the view of, in most cases, the main character.

-Uses words such as I, we, etc.

Second person

-Talks to the reader.

-Uses words such as you, etc.

Third person

-Talks about characters.

-Uses words such as he, his, her, they, etc.

Conflict

-Conflict in a story can be something that has happened to you or somebody that you know.

-Your conflict can be something that makes no sense at all! Especially if you are writing a funny story.

-If you need a serious conflict then think about something important to you and then think about something that you wouldn't want to happen to that thing. Then, make something similar happen in your story.

Setting

-Maybe try to base the setting of a place off of a place you have been to before.

-Maybe make up your own place! It can be a dragon breading center if that’s the sort of thing you are into! GO WILD!!!

-Make sure it fits your story, don't have a dinosaurs in land of fairies- unless that’s the kind of thing your story is about!

Narrative Techniques

-Narrative Techniques are things such as irony, metaphors, similes, etc. and they add a lot to a story!

-Narrative Techniques can give your story a boost of entertainment, especially in funny stories.

Detail

-Have A LOT of detail!

-Only go into depth about the main characters. If you have lots of detail about small characters then there is a risk of the reader getting very mixed up.

-Make sure that you keep track of detail. Let’s say, the character Lila has brown hair. Don't forget her hair is brown or else when you need to add more detail about her hair then you may write that she has blonde hair. You have to decide, unless you specifically mention that Lila got her hair dyed. This is something that seems like it would never happen but it defiantly does and this affects the story a lot.

-Detail does include the choice of words. Don’t say "Lila is sad" Say something interesting like "Lila could stand the buildup of tears in her eyes." That's 8 more words and it makes the story so much better!!

These are some things I have picked up while writing stories and they help me so I hope they help you, too!

a pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel sticking out of his pants.

bartender: isn't that uncomfortable?

pirate: arrgh! it's drivin' me nuts!

fearlessness is your answer