What makes a successful short story?
Lorraine Forrest-Turner
- Organisation:
- Lorraine Forrest-Turner
- Regions:
- Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, London, Aberdeen and North East
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Expensed: Low - based on travel time, expenses, length of talk, audience numbers
- Category:
- Entertainment
- Updated:
- 8th February 2024
- Tagged:
- Storytelling | Writing Better | Creative Writing | Creativity
Characters. Plot. Tension. Resolution. Most writers know the basic elements of a successful short story but still fail to write a good one. Lorraine has written many competition-winning and published short stories and shares her tips, techniques and experiences. These include focusing on an often minor event rather than cramming a big story into a few hundred words. Although, in ‘Loose Change’, Lorraine explores how a series of small, unrelated events have a huge, catastrophic effect.
Views: 328 | Enquiries: 1About Lorraine Forrest-Turner
After initially studying audiology and working in the NHS, Lorraine went on to study and work in performance arts, journalism and public relations.
She is a tutor at the UK Writers College and a member of several professional institutions, including the UK Speechwriters’ Guild, ProCopywriters (the alliance of commercial copywriters), the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA).
Her published work includes the stage plays ‘Seven Stages of an Affair’, ‘To Have and to Hold’, ‘Dear Lily’ and ‘Bank Holidays and Other Ways to Kill a Marriage’. She has also published two books, ‘13:22 and Other Short Stories’ and ‘In Praise of Mediocrity’, a collection of articles on writing and communication skills. She is currently in the process of publishing her first novel, 'White Lies and Black Wednesdays' and writing her second.
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