Short Story #1
- Due Oct 16, 2020 by 11:59pm
- Points 24
- Submitting a text entry box, a website url, a media recording, or a file upload
- Available Sep 25, 2020 at 12am - Nov 8, 2020 at 11:59pm
Your first short story will be an open topic, meaning you select it! Write about whatever you like, but know that if it contains *difficult* elements, we cannot share/workshop it effectively/at all.
If you're stuck, write to a major theme, or lesson, like a lot of poetry does:
loss of...
forgiveness of...
acceptance of...
happiness with...
etc.
Your story is finished when your character has a resolution for Internal and External conflict (found earlier in the module ending the week of Oct. 2). There is no minimum or maximum page length, but be aware that it is incredibly hard to write short stories in under a page or two, or over about 20 pages, and still hold the reader's attention. If held under duress, I'd say the average short story in Creative Writing by students is about 6 pages, typed.
Allow yourself plenty of time to write this, since it's due about a week before term's end, and I'll still need time to read it!
Rubric
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Creativity
Does your story have original and creative ideas? Is obvious work put into the creative process, or has it not been edited or even proofread properly?
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Believability
Do the characters, conflict and resolution all appear fresh and believable?
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Introduction
Does the introduction grab and hold the reader's attention? Does it introduce setting/conflict/character appropriately?
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Plot
Does this story have all the elements of a traditional plotline (ground, catalyst, rising action, climax, denouement, resolution) and does it follow them at a decent pace?
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Resolution
Does this story resolve all conflict (internal and external)?
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Organization
Is the story well-organized and easy to follow?
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Total Points:
24
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