Polish a draft of your writing.

ASSIGNMENT

Your assignment is to take a draft of your own writing and polish it so it's ready to publish. Whether you publish on a personal blog, on Wattpad, with a publishing company, or just in your own space, use this prompt to get your draft to a place that makes you proud!

Be sure to consider the following key steps:

Fix plot holes
Examine character goals
Kill your darlings
Revise
Edit

Share a polished final piece of writing with the class, and feel free to include your edits along the way. Feedback from fellow students will be very useful here!

RESOURCES

Class Links

Read My Life with the Walter Boys, one of my most popular stories on Wattpad, along with its sequel.
Discover more stories in the Teen Fiction category on Wattpad.

More Skillshare classes with Wattpad Stars:

Writing for Consistency: Finding Your Creative Voice with Ninya Tippett & Wattpad
Writing for Online Engagement: Fiction in a Digital World with Rebecca Sky & Wattpad
The Creative Writer's Toolkit: Writing a Character Study with Lindsey Summers & Wattpad

More Skillshare classes on writing:

Storytelling Fundamentals: Character, Conflict, Context, Craft with Daniel José Older
Creative Writing: Writing from Memory with Ashley C. Ford
Creative Writing: Using Your Mistakes to Power Your Personal Essays with Emily Gould

Sara Beeksma

Fiction Author

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