Assignment: First Draft
You will take the outline and opening scene that you created in Week 1and construct the first draft of your short story, using free writing as a tool to get you started. Once you have generated and organized the ideas for your story, you will begin to develop a setting, plot, and time frame that you will build upon as you continue to write your story. In this Assignment, you will turn your outline and opening scene into a first draft of your short story that applies the development techniques of setting, plot, and time.
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To prepare for this Assignment:
• Review the Final Project Introduction and Overview document in the Learning Resources.
• Review Chapter 5, "Setting," in Shaping the Story. Complete "Progressive Writing Exercise #5: Writing Where Things Happen" on pages 82-83.
o List possible settings in which your short story could occur.
o Select a setting from your list.
• Review Chapter 9, "Plot," in Shaping the Story. Complete "Progressive Writing Exercise #9: Linking Scene to Scene" on pages 142-143.
• Review Chapter 10, "Time," in Shaping the Story. Complete "Progressive Writing Exercise #10: Pacing, and Uses of Time" on page 159.
• Consider how you will combine these techniques of development with the outline and opening scene created in Week 1 to create a unified text.
o How will your outline contribute to filling in the details of plot, setting, and time?
o What details will you include for the setting of your short story? What details will you exclude?
o How will these techniques of development be used to affect the reactions of the audience?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.