In this report, I will be talking about first-person, second-person, and third-person voices, and I will also be giving the definitions of voice, active voice, and passive voice. I will also be explaining how to write poems. I will also be discussing what makes a short story different from a regular story in my point of view, and the last thing that I will be talking about is how to write a short story. All of the steps that I put into how to write a short story, I used when I wrote my first short story.
First person, second person, and third person voices
First-person voice is when the author of the story is telling the story from his/her point of view. You can tell if the author is using first-person voice by looking for the words “I” or “my” in their writing.
Second-person voice is when the person who is talking is referring to a person. If you need to tell what person voice the author is using, you can tell that the author is using the second-person voice if you see the word “you”, and is being repeated multiple times in the writing.
Third-person voice is when the speaker is talking with someone, and he/she is referring to that other person. Some third-person words include “they”, “him”, and “its”. There are lots of other words that you can look for if you need to figure out if the author is using a third-person voice.
Definition of Voice, Active voice, and Passive voice
When used in grammar, the definition of voice describes the relationship between the subject and the action in the sentence.
Active voice is used to describe a sentence where the subject of the sentence performs the action of the verb.
Passive voice is used to describe a sentence where the subject is the target or subject of the action in the sentence.
How to write a poem
When you need to write a poem, you might think that it will be a really hard task. But if you think about it, writing a poem is actually easier than you might think it is. When you start to write one, it can be one of the hardest things that you do when writing your poem. Once you know what you want to write about and kind of have an idea of how the poem is going to go, then the process can be much easier.
Once you know what you want to write about, then you can think about what you want your first line to be. After you have that, you can think about what will rhyme with that first line, and go from there. It is really the first couple of minutes when writing your poem that can be the hardest steps during the whole writing process. Once you have those couple of steps complete, writing your poem is a whole lot easier, and in my opinion, a lot more fun.
The difference between a short story and a regular story
When you think of a short story, you may think of a regular story, but only shorter. A short story is actually very different from a regular story, because in a short story, there are no chapters, and the story is only about two to three pages long. In a short story, there are no chapters, and you need to fit the setting, character development, the problems and solutions, the summary, and the conclusion, all in two to three pages. When I wrote my first chapter book, it was about 9 chapters long and 4,345 words. Writing that story felt like it was taking me forever. It probably took me a couple of months to write, and it was a very long process to only get 9 short chapters. When I wrote my first short story, it probably took me a couple of hours from start to finish, and I wrote 806 words. It was so much easier than writing that long chapter book. When I wrote my short story, I used the format that I will be giving you in the next part, how to write a short story, and that format really worked well for me.
How to write a short story
When writing a short story, it might seem really hard at first, but when you start to think about it, you realize that it is actually much easier than writing a regular story with many chapters, as I explained in the last part.
When you need to write a short story, the first step is to brainstorm what the topic of your story is going to be. The next step is to make sure that you always remember that this is a short story and will not have any chapters, so you will need to fit all of the different parts of your short story into only two to three pages.
After you know what you are going to write about, start thinking about what the setting of your story is going to be, and when you know that, write that down, and that is your first paragraph.
Your next step is to create your character in your head, and then your second paragraph is character development. The next thing that you need to do is to have a problem paragraph and then a solution paragraph. You will need to do that a couple more times, and after you are done with that, you will have six to eight paragraphs already completed. When I wrote my short story, I had about four problem and solution statements.
Now you will need to make the summary of the story, and then write the conclusion of your story. By then, you will have about eight to ten paragraphs, and your completed rough draft for your short story. Now all you have to do is edit it, label it your final draft, and your short story is complete.
Conclusion
During this school year, I have learned a whole lot more about creating short stories, poems, and plays. These five parts of this report are my big takeaways during this entire school year.
