Writing short stories is a difficult matter. You should have very good command over the language in which you want to write the short story. Moreover, you should observe around you so that you may grasp what is going on around you, what is lacking there, what should be conveyed, what should be the main characters and what should be the moral of the short story. By stating the answers to all the questions, you have to follow a style which should be the most suitable to you. After you wrote your first short story, you would be in position to review it so that you will get an idea of what it is actually. This self-evaluation process will help you to assess your own potentials in the contemporary context. Once that is done, you will succeed.