Writing Homework Help

• Review the second draft of your partner’s short story found in DocSharing. Review the story at the paragraph (big picture) level first and then narrow it down to the sentence level.
• Consider the questions you will ask as you prepare to write a critique of your partner’s short story. How effective is your partner’s use of creative writing elements in his or her short story?

The assignment:

• Write a 1- to 2-page critique. Be sure to include answers to the following questions:
  • What techniques of development and elements of craft were used in the short story?
  • “Does your point of view help [the story] or hurt [the story]?” (Shaping the Story, p. 185)
  • “Do the story’s characters feel real?” (Shaping the Story, p. 186)
  • “How is the story paced?” (Shaping the Story, p. 187)
  • Is the ending of the story logical? Why or why not?
  • “When you reach the story’s end, can you say what it was ‘about’?” (Shaping the Story, p. 188)