/lit/ - Literature

What are good ways to develop a plot for a short story? I have a basic idea what the story should be about and a funny title but I have a hard time thinking of a good story line.

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>23yo german
>never had a girlfriend due to cowardice
>had many opportunities, often fell in love but always screwed it up because of social incompetence and fear
>suffer from depression since about five years
>don't really go outside and have no real friends, don't really attempt to find any because former friendships always dissolved anyway
>currently trying to weasel my way through university
>pretty fit, don't look too bad, I'd say
>lived in an apartment with five other undergrads last year
>always kept a distance to them, didn't like it
>depression got worse
>now living with my parents again
>feeling okayish at the moment
>work out at home

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