what we have learned in a short story

-It has a special structure:
orientation
complications
climax
resolution

-A story only has a few characters including a main character
-it is concerned with on event in the main characters life
-write in third person
-avoid long introductions
- Jump right into the stroy
- puncuate correctly
- use verbs wisely
- use words to describe the character's relation s to the events in the stroy