Quiz · Writing a First Short Story

Question 1What is the main idea of this talk about writing?

How a school magazine chooses its best writers How the speaker wrote a first short story Why fishermen make the best story characters How to write dialogue for a school play

Question 2What was the speaker's best story idea about?

A student and a nervous young teacher A girl and her clever grandmother A fisherman and a talking cat A brother and his lost notebook

Question 3What did the speaker's brother say about the first draft?

The story was too short for the magazine The dialogue should be completely removed The ending was slow and needed more pages The beginning was slow but the ending was funny