WRITE YOUR OWN SHORT STORY

See the attachment for the class reading list, cheat sheets and creative challenges.

Stuck for character details? Research popular cartoon characters or actors that come to mind when you think of this expression and take inspiration from them!

Project Description

Assignment:

Your main class project for this course will be to develop, write and publish a complete short story of your own.

Along the way, you will also be presented with a half-dozen Creative Challenges--smaller, fun exercises to solidify your learning and move your story along. These challenges include writing an "anecdote"--a very short, 100 word story that will help you understand all the basic elements of writing fiction.

Materials:

Your writer's notebook--paper or digital.

And please download the student resources for the course, which contains instructions and notes, at the provided link.

Getting Started:

Try the Creative Challenges on writing an anecdote to get acquainted with basic story structure. Read and understand Thurber's humorous story, "The Unicorn in the Garden," then check the prompts to get started on your own story.

Sharing Your Work:

Share your final story by uploading to the "Your Project" section, or if you would like to share in private and get feedback from other writers, post it to the Online Fiction Workshop discussion forum-- http://www.onlinefictionworkshop.com/forum/ (Note: registration password is located in the student resources file download.)

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