@Lanyard Hey the real question is how many pages.
After that comes: what genre do you prefer to write. For exemple, I myself love reading the romance, historical, revenge stuff from here but if I have to write something it is almost always in the psychological, horror genre. What I want to say is; that the things youblike to read and the things youbwrite might not be the same.
If you know what you feel comfortable writing with, it is easier to decide what you want to write. For Shortstories; it is easy to take something you happen to see or feel and twist it. (These are exemples out of my horror stories)
For exemple, almost everyone heard their neighbors through the walls. And it is almost always nerve racking if there is a fight. You can go everywhere from this. If you want your protagonist to be a creep, let him hope for the next fight. If you want him to be hopeless, let him think if he is even able to stop the situation on the other side. etc. I myself would go with the hopeless protagonist who isnt able to sleep and slowly loses his mind. Sitting on his bed, making himself small and holding his hamds over his ears. Weeping, wailing, almost falling into despair as the memories from his own fights as a child try to surface. In the end my protagonist would run to the other flat, pounding the door, while there is a fight again. Only for the door to open to an empty flat.
See. For Shortstories it is easier to just go with a feeling or a small situation. Going for detailed things isnt possible.
If you really want to go into historical things, you could just use the same tactic. Take a scene youblike and write it from an emotional angle. Like the scene where the heroine promises revenge while dying. It doesnt need to be specific as the feelings carry the story.
After that comes: what genre do you prefer to write. For exemple, I myself love reading the romance, historical, revenge stuff from here but if I have to write something it is almost always in the psychological, horror genre. What I want to say is; that the things youblike to read and the things youbwrite might not be the same.
If you know what you feel comfortable writing with, it is easier to decide what you want to write. For Shortstories; it is easy to take something you happen to see or feel and twist it. (These are exemples out of my horror stories)
For exemple, almost everyone heard their neighbors through the walls. And it is almost always nerve racking if there is a fight. You can go everywhere from this. If you want your protagonist to be a creep, let him hope for the next fight. If you want him to be hopeless, let him think if he is even able to stop the situation on the other side. etc. I myself would go with the hopeless protagonist who isnt able to sleep and slowly loses his mind. Sitting on his bed, making himself small and holding his hamds over his ears. Weeping, wailing, almost falling into despair as the memories from his own fights as a child try to surface. In the end my protagonist would run to the other flat, pounding the door, while there is a fight again. Only for the door to open to an empty flat.
See. For Shortstories it is easier to just go with a feeling or a small situation. Going for detailed things isnt possible.
If you really want to go into historical things, you could just use the same tactic. Take a scene youblike and write it from an emotional angle. Like the scene where the heroine promises revenge while dying. It doesnt need to be specific as the feelings carry the story.