novel story - Changing experiences into powerful Short Stories

Most people can list three or four interesting, exciting and even life-changing experience that could be easily transformed into a powerful short stories. But it is a big problem. Once they the keys to their computers, most people quickly recognize that there are at least two considerations, super hard to avoid episodes of real life Verbatim are retrieved. The first is that most incidents other people who can follow the author for defamation include, if, as they are represented object. The second is the real life is rarely so clear cut and clean as the short story format required. Unlike a novel, short story usually on a single act that can not run everywhere limited, but it is usually necessary to move in a straight line from 'A "to" C "with" B ". Moreover, the number of characters in the rule to restrict the number is absolutely necessary to the plot.
Once they are aware of these facts restrictive, leaving most of the potential authors the idea. But there are actually four simple ways, these problems can be overcome.

   1st Change the name. It is a basic requirement that most writers would be aware of potential. But why not go even further and change the age groups and professions of the characters as well? If the grantor is a copywriter in an advertising agency, makes him the sales manager of a petroleum refinery.
   2nd Change the gender of the main character, if possible.
   3rd Change the locale. If the real life incident in New York is going on, you change the location of every major city such as Minneapolis or even Montreal. A change in the country is also a good plan, it can be edited. The biggest change, the best that Mexico has a better alternative than Canada.
   4th Change to remove the story itself, how many pages of questions and unnecessary complications as possible. If the simplification of the story is to eliminate one or more incidents of the most exciting, do not be afraid to do so, if your peak is still strong enough to stand alone.
Naturally, one could also end up with a story the miles from your original session is removed. But the nature of writing good fiction sophistication. Cut all the dross, digressions and blind alleys, and you very well the genesis of a gripping story can really be. Of course, professional writers, the creative process one step further by introducing the characters and events (either imaginary or real life) that support the main theme, but writers should focus their young written as clearly as possible. A story that draws the reader's attention to 2,000 words will continue to receive higher marks than the presentation of 5000 words hold the reader's eyes firmly fixed from the beginning failed to finish.