Short stories are a type of prose that does not have a lot of conflict and there are not many characters in it, but has a complex unanimity. However, writing short stories is not easy, because it requires imaginative power and qualified creativity in expressing ideas and processing language. Imaginative processes and creativity do not just exist, but need to be trained intensively and continuously. There are many strategies for writing short stories, especially for beginner writers. The first is compiling the outline of the essay, the second is using the idea development technique. One of the techniques in compiling the outline of the essay is using the cilukba pattern technique. For the technique of developing an essay framework, you can use the 5 thought mechanism technique. Techniques for 5 thought mechanisms, including developing, shrinking, increasing, decreasing, and sideways. This pattern will be used by PGSD students of PGRI Adi Buana University Surabaya class of 2016 to write short stories. The methods used include lecturers making themes, students are tasked with compiling an essay framework based on cilukba patterns, students are tasked with learning the 5 thought mechanism techniques, and students are tasked with developing an essay framework based on the 5 thought mechanism techniques. Based on this, PGSD students of PGRI Adi Buana University Surabaya class of 2016 can write short stories well and can collect these short stories into a collection book ISBN of short stories.