PROJECT ON CREATIVE WRITING

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TOPICS - SHORT STORIES

Submitted in partial fulfillment of degree course under dibrugarh university

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Topic - Short Stories
Sub topic - Short Story 1: Love & friendship
Short Story 2: Humanity and Society
Short Story 3: Trust and Understanding
 INTRODUCTION

All short stories have some common elements. Short stories used to be written as forms in
mass entertainment and were reproduced in publications such as newspaper and magazines.
This genre of short story enjoys a less popularity then at one's head. Short story is a creative
writing which contains fundamental components: Plot, setting, characters, theme, point of
view as well as good writing.

A 'plot' of a short story contains sub-components such as crisis, conflict and resolution. The
'characters' in the short stories are the 'actors' in the story. The 'theme' of a story is the central
principle around which the story and characters revolves. However, most short stories
develop one or perhaps two themes. The 'Point-of-view' describes the reference point of the
story. 'A good short story writing' will include engaging dialogue, sensory, descriptions, vivid
action, a tightly women narrative.

A short story is a fully developed story with a theme but less elaborate then a novel. It also
consists of a background information. Short stories must answer the question of the 5 W's;
who, what, where, when and why.
 CONCLUSION

Through this project work, it conclude that A short stories is a fully development story with a
theme but less elaborate then a novel. The genre of short story enjoy less popularity then it
once had. Creative writing contains fundamental components hotel: Plot, setting, character,
theme, point of view, as well as good writing.

The following topic are -

1) Love and Friendship: This topic shows the bond of love and friendship. It contains two
sub-topic such as (i) 'Man and his beloved dog'. In this story, it means that friendship means
never to abandon. One's friends at difficult times and, (ii) 'Friendship and Love'. In this story,
it means to have that one person has a best friend and a lover is amazing.

2) Humanity and Society: It contains 1 sub-topic (i) The Real Human Being. This story based
on humanity.

3) Trust and Understanding: This topic shows trust and understanding among oneself. It
contains two sub-topic (i) little boy and an old man. This story is based on trust and
understanding of the situation. (ii) Facing Difficulties in life. This story is based on trust in
God when we face difficulties in life.
 WORK CITED

creative.sulekha.com > Short Stories

rishitajain.com > Inspirational > Stories

http://www.heinpragt.com > Wijsheden

http://www.citehr.com

moralstories26.com > tag > trust-in-god

www.online-literature.com

WWW.VIDEOINSPIRATION.NET > BLOG > SHORT

STORIES
 'MAN AND HIS BELOVED DOG'
Once a man and his dog were walking along a beautiful road. Just then man realised that he
had died and his dog who was there one, had been dead for years.

He was happy to see his companion with him. While both were working forward, man
wondered where that road was leading him.

After a while, he saw a big stone wall shining and glittering. When he walked along side that
big wall, he saw a big magnificent gate which was made of pure gold.

At door he saw a guard. Man was feeling thirsty. So he went to him and said, "Excuse me Sir,
Where are we?" Guard replied, "This is heaven..."

Men get surprised and said, "Wow...Sir, would you happen to have some water?" Guard
replied, "Ofcourse, why don't you come in...?"

Get began to open, Man gestured forward his dog and said, "Come in too, my friend..."

Seeing this Guard stopped him and said, "Sorry but we don't allow animals here. If you want
to have water, you have to come alone..."

Man thought for a moment and then refused to enter the gate without his dog. He turned back
and continued looking for water on his way with his dog.

After a long walk, at top of hill, he is so farm fence. He continued walking and soon reached
an entrance with gate which was open.

Then he saw an old man leaned against tree, reading a book... Man went to him and said,
"Excuse me Sir, do you have any water?"

Old man replied, "Sure, why don't you come in?"

Main questioned, "Sir, can I bring my friend along?"

Old man replied, "Sure..."

They went through gate and there old man gave them water. Man filled a bowl and gave it to
his dog first then had some himself. After their thirst was quenced.

Old man Old man, "What is this place?"

Old man replied, "This is heaven..."

Man got confused and said, "But here I saw a fancy place and it's guard told me, that was
Heaven too...

Old man smiled and replied, "Oh that place with golden gate...It's Hell..."

"But isn't it wrong that they use your place name?" Man questioned.

Old man replied, "It's fine... We are just happy that day screen out people who leave their
friend behind..."

Moral: Friendship means Never to Abandon your Friends at difficult Times.

 THE REAL HUMAN BEING

This is story about the humanity. It is our mindset that we are living in a civilized community
but we cannot be a human being, if we are selfish in a nature and unable understand other
people.

Naina was a St. Lewis School teacher and mother of two girls. In our society, girls are
always considered as a burden for the family, even in educated families. So, she got pregnant
third time because both of her mother and mother-in-law wanted a baby boy from her. But
the Ray of hope got finished when she gave birth to a baby girl.

At the time of child birth, a group of transgender came to bless the newborn child. But
everybody in Naina's family were in deep sorrow. In our civilized society, transgenders can't
be considered as human being like normal people but transgenders are also human being
which are incompleted created by God.

Maya (Head of that transgender community) felt sad because she came to bless the new born
child but she saw the abusing of the new born child by her own family members. She began
to say, "How bad people you are? We are better than you because we can't understand the
people belong to our community but you (ladies) can't understand your community. I will not
take any gifts, money, etc from you but I will bless the newborn and cursing you that baby
boy will not born in your family, otherwise, you will always abuse your daughters." then
Maya and other transgenders gifted some chocolates to Naina's daughters and blessed them
because the relation of humanity is biggest from any other relation.

After listening the words of Maya, Naina and her mother-in-law felt ashamed because Maya
had opened the eyes of Naina, her mother and mother-in-law like goddess Maya. If women
can't understand the existence of women, then how can women will take right to live because
nobody thinks that Girls are also human being, and an important part of our society. In our
society, boys are always considered to increase the family tree but people had forgotten the
role of girls in our society.

Naina decided not to give birth to baby boy and to take care of her daughters by good
education which was the result of Maya's step to eradicate the gender bias in our society who
was neither a man nor a woman, but a human being in real sense.
But it is said that "Situation never remains same and it can be changed at any time". One
morning, Naina's Aunt came at home who was very dominating in nature, reached at home to
meet Naina and her daughters. She was not at home. Her mother-in-law welcome to the Aunt.
After some time, she began to talk with the cousins and family members. When Naina
reached home Asha Aunt asked, "Naina, when will be you going to take our grandson for
your family."

Naina replied, "Aunt, happy with our daughters. All of us love our daughters so much."

Aunt asked, "What are you saying? And to extend the family tree? Think that your daughter
can do your care-take after her marriage are you want to stay at old-age home after
retirement? Is your child-bearing age you can think about the golden period of old-age. A son
can give you the safety for old-age".

Naina said, "It's our decision that we will take care of our daughters. If will conceive for next
child, give me the guarantee of only male child? It's your old-age mentality which is
responsible for population explosion. And can you give me the guarantee for old-age period?
Not bonded labours. Can you take care of the baby boy till his adulthood? We have no right
to expect this things from our children"

And smiles and said, "You have opened my eyes. Parents had given birth to 6 girls due to the
preference of male child and we got married at very early age because of my brother's
marriage. Every human being have rights either it's boy or girl.
 LITTLE BOY AND AN OLD MAN!!!

Once in a village lived a little boy who was athletic and for whom winning was most
important. One day, bad Boys participated in running competition in village. In that
competition he competed with other two young boys. Race commenced, shirt and waved at
him. Boy called on his determination and strength and came first. Little boy felt proud. His
mother always teach him to trust on oneself. Never lose hope.

Later second race was called and in that race two young and fit challenger came forward and
run in competition with little boy. In first round, he lose but in final round, he built his trust
on himself and didn't lose hope and competed with fit challenger, little boy finished first.
Crowd was ecstatic and tired and wave at that boy.

There an old man was watching all this Little boy who felt proud and more important and
started to plead, "Another race...!! Another race...!!"

Seeing this old man realised that this little grew overconfidence, stepped forward. First, wall
for his trust on himself, for his confidence. Then, he presented two new challenges. Among
new challenges one was frail old lady and other was blind man.

Little boy was confused and asked, "What's this? This is no race...!!"

After all were set on starting line. Race started and boy was only to finish that race, leaving
two challengers standing at the starting line.

“What happened?? Why are people not cheering??” little boy asked old man.

Old man replied, “Race again but time finish all together...”

Little boy thought for a while and then again went to starting line and stopped in middle of
old lady and blind man. Then, he took both of them by hand and started to walk slowly and at
last crossed that finish line. This time at end of race crowd smiled and cheered and wave at
end of race.

Little boy felt proud but still didn’t understand why crowd was not cheering him before but
now when all three of them finished race together. So he asked the onld man about it.

Old man replied, “Little boy, in this race you have won much more than what you won in any
other race...!! you have won people’s respect.
 FACING DIFFICULTIES IN LIFE...!!!

Once a far away place lived a man who had faith in God. One night, a man was sleeping
soundly. Suddenly, a huge sound woke him up. When he opened his eyes, he saw that his
room was filled with light.

Just then God appeared before him, showed him a large rock outside his house and told him
to push that rock with all his might.

Next morning, when man woke up, he remembered what he saw that night. He got outside
and pushed it with all his might but wasn't able to move it.

Despite it man didn't give up and from that day he made his routine to push that rocks daily
with all his might.

For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down, his shoulders set squarely against the
cold, massive surface of that large rock, pushing with all of his might.

Each might the man returned to his cabin sore and worn out, feeling that his whole day had
been spent in vain as that rock never moved a bit even after many years. The man loses all his
hopes and courage.

Not seeing any progress, man started to get discourage and just then devil showed up in his
dream and said, "You have been pushing that rock for long time but it hasn't moved... Why to
go through all that pain?? It's impossible to move that rock that's why it's better to leave it as
this and live easy life...

Saying this devil disappeared. Man was disheartened but still he decided to pray to God and
tell him about his trouble thoughts.

He prayed, "I have laboured long and hard in your service, putting up all my strength for
what you have asked me to do and yet after all this time. I have not even budget that rock by
millimetre... What am I doing wrong?? Why am I falling?"

Just then God appeared and said, "My child, I asked you to serve me you accepted it. I told
you to push that rock but I never say that I expected you to move it...!!
Your task was to push and after all these your you think you have failed but is really so??

Look at yourself, your arms are strong and muscled, you are back sinwy and brown, your
hands are callused from constant pressure, your legs have become massive and hard.

Facing opposition you have grown and your abilities now surpass that you used to have. You
haven't moved the rock but your calling was to be obedient and to push and to exercise your
faith and trust in my Wisdom. This you have done."
 FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE

We are at the coffee shop sitting opposite to each others, it is like any other day but still it is
special, moreover it is different and a bit awkward. I and Ravi have been best friends since
we are in fifth grade, we two never felt the need of anyone else, rather no one felt
comfortable enough when we are together. We always had our secret jokes and we prefered
to keep them secret. Because some jokes when explained losses its essence. It's roughly been
8 years of our friendship that we always come back to each other even though we are dating
others. Probably because I know that no one understands me better than Ravi, perhaps he
feels the same.

After some brainstorming one day, we came to this ridiculous but turning decisions, actually
Ravi came up with it saying "Hey Anju, why don't we try dating each other? We are so
comfortable with each other, we don't fight, and we know how to cheer each other up, we had
slept together several times, I mean literally" with his pretension grin. But I voted against
saying "Firstly I literally slept beside you when we were 10, you don't do that now, and also I
don't want to wreck out friendship. It really means a lot to me."

"Yeah to me too, but we can still give it a try."

"Look I always came to you when I have a break up, when I have fights with others, issues in
my family, but if I break up with you, to whom would I go?"

"Yeah but you both I don't like any other couple, we get so good together, when you what
hurts each others, so I can try it, right?"

"All right, just one date, Okay?"

"Yeah deal".

And we decided to go on a date the next. And first time in my life was I concerned on how I
look, how I dress up I am going out with Ravi. And yes the funny part is I wore makeup, I
dabbed my sister's red lipstick, applied some mascare, blushed my cheeks in a pink shade, I
was uneasy but that's what they are, present yourself in a way you are not. I more my sister's
black short dress with 3/4 sleeves and wore my red pumps (yes I only wear them on parties
and dates). When I reached, he was already there (he usually is late) and that was the first to
greet me, and I caught the surprise in his eyes. He was surprised to see me in short dress and
makeup, probably because I always wear jeans and no makeup. (I smiled and sat down, yes I
how realise what did thing, it was just another day, but he too wore a leather jacket, which
seems brand new. And I could feel the nervousness in his eyes, maybe a reflection of what I
am feeling. We ordered our cappuccinos and to grilled chicken sandwiches your favourite
meal. I would if I have to eat with a fork, but I prefer eating a sandwich with my hands. We
sat quite he was intently looking at me, observing me, I was absorbed in his gaze, and I hoped
that the ground would absorb me, oK full to dress up like a Bimboo hmph.

He finally said, "You looking very pretty, how come I haven't seen you like this before?"

"It's Pari's dress, and I am wearing a makeup" and it feels disgusting.

"Yeah I can see that and it looks lovely, you look like a claim girl."

"Yeah right, would you stop teasing me?" I know I look wired, I shouldn't have tried this."

And he suddenly hold my hand and said, "You look lovely Anju, I feel like a douche to not
have seen your beauty before, I have always loved you as a best friend, lately I felt much
more than friendship, so I talk to you into this date proposal, I am flushed by your beauty,
why do you hide it?"

"I don't hide it, it's just not me."

"It is you, the dress isn't yours but can be yours, girl wears makeup, so it is you, and there is
no harm in glamourising yourself."

I feel spurious"

"You aren't fake, for the same girl I had always liked to be with.

And suddenly I went silent and recalled our conversation in my head, and boom! He
confessed he is feeling more than friendship for me lately and the words blurt out of my
mouth before try holding them "You love me?"

"Yeah it seems so, I keep thinking about you, whenever I am with a girl, I compare her with
you and you win, when I am with guys, I find you more fun, and I don't know how I started at
your place, also hour lunch, I couldn't behave normal and I wanted to hold you, play with
your hair, be the reason for your laughs, and I felt jealous when Sahil tried charming you.
You didn't want to spoil our friendship but this new feeling is out of my hands and I can't
handle it." And his grip tightened. I could also see want in his eyes. Our border was alone and
Preetan Singh (the owner of the coffee shop) called Ravi to pick up his order. He then left the
grip and pull his arm away from me and went to get the order, I now have few moments of
peace to process this new information, because somehow I wasn't able to think while he was
holding my hand. I was trying to recall of any change in his behaviour lately, and yes on
further thinking I realised he had been avoiding me several times, he had been avoiding even
touching my arms. I could think of last 12 months and his behaviour was different. He comes
back with our order and I ask him even before he sits "How long have you been feeling this
for me?" and his expression went deadpan.

After like eternity he blushed, and I missed a heartbeat just looking at him blush. He then
said, "I don't know the exact day I fell for you, but maybe each day I was falling for you,
Sahil made pass at you the first time half a year ago, when you were hospitalized for Malaria,
when I was coaching you for the missed homeworks. Each day I looked in your eyes I feel a
little more in thees depth, each time you Shoved an arm in me play fully I felt tip for you. It
took time for me realise but I did when I and Rashmi had a fight.

"That was because of you, to break up with you after your team's loss at the Cricket
tournament, she blamed everything on me, when I was never in the picture."

"You were, I mean I never told you why Rashmi and I broke up, it was because I started
feeling for you, I always used to mentally compare her with you and I couldn't find her
worthly. When will lost the tournament, I wanted to be with you, but you went with your
girls, and I was with Rashmi."

“She always gave me a Stink-eye, and I knew she needed time with you.”

I know that, but when she tried consoling me, I instead told her please I don’t want you, I
want Anju, and she chose to make fun of you before breaking up with me.

“Hmmm.. So I am the reason of your breakup? This means her outburst was fair enough.”

“Her outburst would have been fair if it was on me, not you, she was wrong.”

“So how deep are you in love with me?” I checked while asking his question. And he how
had a sweet childish smile on his face, and said “You enjoying this, aren’t you? You are such
a devil.”
“Yeah it feels good” and I had a stupid grin on my face, I couldn’t contain my excitement.

“So how about we discuss, how you feel about me?” and his expression again went blank.

“I haven’t put much thought to it, but I could consider” I know I sound rubbish because I
hated it when he had girlfriend.

“Ohh come onn.. Do you really think I am that big a fool? Have you even dressed so
elegantly for any other date? And I know how much you hate borrowing your sister’s dress,
and make up? And Pumps? Come on, you wanted me to fall in love with you, which I already
am.”

I could only flush crimson, and I was short of words, what I instead did was hold his hand in
confirmation to what he has just said. And he punched my left arm by his right arm hinting
we still would be best friends apart from being lovers, and we laughed.

To have a best friend and a lover is great, but to have that one person as a best friend and a
lover is amazing.