Editing Short story (section)

==Characteristics==
As a concentrated, concise form of [[Narrative structure|narrative]] and descriptive prose fiction, the short story has been theorised about through the traditional elements of [[dramatic structure]]: '''exposition''' (the introduction of setting, situation, and main characters), '''complication''' (the event that introduces the conflict), [[Three-act structure#Structure|rising action]], '''crisis''' (the decisive moment for the protagonist and his commitment to a course of action), '''climax''' (the point of highest interest in terms of the conflict and the point with the most action) and '''resolution''' (the point when the conflict is resolved). Because of their length, short stories may or may not often follow this pattern. For example, modern short stories only occasionally have an exposition, more typically beginning in the middle of the action (''[[in medias res]]''). As with longer stories, plots of short stories also have a climax, crisis or turning point.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} In general, short stories feature endings which might be either conclusive or open-ended.{{Sfn|Young|2018|p=12}} Ambiguity is a recurrent trope in short stories; whether in their ending, characterisation or length.{{Sfn|Young|2018|p=13}} As with any art form, the exact characteristics of a short story will vary depending on who is its creator.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Characteristic of short story authors, according to professor of English, Clare Hanson, is that they are "losers and loners, exiles, women, blacks – writers who for one reason or another have not been part of the ruling "narrative" or epistemological/experiential framework of their society."{{sfn|Young|2018|p=2}}