The seven MP4 files below are tutorials or lessons that teach each of these steps.  These are MS Power Point presentations taught and narrated by Sam Korsmoe.  Sam uses his own short story ‘Memo From The Landlord’ as the teaching tool for each of the steps.

The goal for these seven lessons is to convince the viewer that they, too, can write their very own short story. And with the Saigon Writers Club, they can get this story published.

Here's the line-up of the Saigon Writers Club video presentations.

1 - Introduction to the modern short story. This explains the overall structure of the short story. It's a good guide to get started.

2 - The Opening and Introduction of your short story. In the introduction, the readers meet your characters, gets to know the setting, and has some idea of what the story is going to be about.

3 - The Point of Conflict / Inciting Moment. This is what the story is all about. There's an issue, conflict, challenge, or some kind of issue between the main character (protagonist) and the other character (antagonist) or some other factor.

4 - Rising Action. This is a series of scenes, dialogue, action between and among the characters and setting that moves the story along from the inciting moment. This is where it all happens.

5 - Climax. This is what the reader has been waiting for. It is "the answer" to the point of conflict/inciting moment set out earlier in the story.

6 - Falling Action. This is a series of scenes and sometimes dialogue and description of what happened after the climax. It begins to answer some of the unanswered questions remaining from the story.

7 - Resolution or Denouement. This is the final part of the story. It's meant to wrap up or resolve any remaining issues. It's also used to tell the reader what the story was all about or to leave the reader with a certain feeling.

The MS Power Point presentations below include a presentation on the flash fiction model.