What should I write about in a short story?

When writing a short story, you can start from the following aspects: 1. Plot: Short stories usually focus on the plot. They can attract the reader's interest by constructing a complete plot. The storyline could be a simple outline or a fictional story that he could create himself. 2. Character Creation: The characters in the short story can be real or fictional. By shaping the character's personality, experience, behavior, etc., the reader could better understand the story and resonate with it. 3. Thematic discussion: Short stories can attract readers 'attention by discussing the theme. This theme could be a social hot topic, life experience, life philosophy, etc. It could also be a theme in a fictional story. 4. Narration skills: When writing a short story, you need to master some narrative skills such as rhythm control, perspective switching, dialogue, etc. The application of these techniques could enhance the reading and interest of the novel. 5. Emotional expression: Short stories can also express emotions by describing the inner feelings and emotional conflicts of the characters to attract the reader's interest. This kind of emotional expression could be achieved through direct description, indirect description, and so on. Writing short stories required different writing styles and content according to different readers and purposes to achieve the best effect.