Strategic Outsourcers

In learning how to write short stories, you must understand they are more art than science. However, there is still a little bit of science involved. This post will look at how JK Rowling was able to write the blockbuster Harry Potter series. Even though the books aren’t exactly short, many principles still apply.

Whenever I think about short stories and stories in general, I always think about Harry Potter.

I picture JK Rowling sitting in a bleak builder’s cafe every morning furiously scribbling away on the legal pads which made her a multi millionaire.

Often when I think of her sitting there, I’m reminded of her personal circumstances at the time.

She was a single mother and had very little money.

She went to the cafe in order to save on heating bills during the winter because the money she had couldn’t stretch to both food and heating…but I also think about her children.

JK Rowling wrote a story that would have delighted her children.

I can imagine her sitting on her children’s bed every night reading the latest passages she had written that day…leaving them in incredible suspense until the next day’s passage could be written.

GET INTO THEIR DREAMS AND YOU’VE DONE IT!

But I can also picture the children’s dreams. I’m sure they had vivid and wild dreams. Dream that delighted and inspired.

They were probably picturing themselves flying around Hogwart’s on broomsticks and turning frogs into Princes in class.

If you want to learn how to write short stories…aim to get into your readers dreams.

For you see, JK Rowling mastered the most crucial part of writing stories…

KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE AND YOU KNOW HOW TO WRITE SHORT STORIES.

She puts the children who adore Harry Potter into the story itself.
The entire context of the story is familiar and incredibly appealing to the target market.

What child wouldn’t want to go to a school filled with wizards and all sorts of intrigue and mystery? What child wouldn’t want to see themselves as the heroic Harry Potter battling for good against evil?

IT’S THE IMAGINATION

The ability to let the imagination loose and to stimulate the higher self and our most noble attributes in a short story is a pre-requisite for a blockbuster. JK Rawlings strength came from the fact that her target market immediately identified with everything she was writing. Once she had them, she took them on a wonderful journey.

Children could picture themselves in the roles which she was writing. They were picturing the icky kids in school, the sleazy villains and the teachers who reminded them of the characters.

If you want to discover how to write short stories, see the world through the eyes of JK Rowling looking through the eyes of her children. Look through the eyes of your intended audience to figure out what will delight them, inspire and motivate them and drive them to high feelings of passion, excitement or whatever other emotion you’re trying to stimulate.

Once you are able to do this, you’ve learned how to write short stories.

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