Short Story Recipe In Sarah's Kitchen as pm Lit 1 Gets Cooking!

What are the ingredients of a good short story?  Chef Sarah has a surefire recipe that we'll be using to evaluate the short stories we read between now and Thanksgiving break.


3  cups of characters being human

2 cups of detail

2 cups of plot

1 ½ cups of dialog

1 ½ cups of action

1 ½ cups of a good ending.  * Note on this ingredient: Can leave the ending hanging only if there is a sequel.  End the story so that the reader is satisfied and feels like the story is done.  And no “The Ends”!!!

Story #1:Standing on the Roof Naked