What Do You Like About Writing Short Stories?
2:23
Grades: 6 - 12

Video Description: Author Ron Austin describes what he likes about writing short stories as opposed to longer novels or other forms of writing.  He provides examples of challenges and opportunities that he sees in the short story form.

Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: Literature-67**

Quick Ideas for Using the Video:

  • Ask your students the same question that Mr. Nilsen answered. What similarities and differences do they see?

 

*Segment videos are short excerpts edited from interviews or interactive programs that offer flexible and differentiated ways to use the rich content included in the full-length conversation.

**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.

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