Write a story, on any topic and from any point of view, that pays attention to the literary devices learned in the lecture slides. Be consistent with your POV and tenses, and polish your prose through workshopping and self-editing. Dialogue is optional; many stories use dialogue but not all of them do.

Write a story, on any topic and from any point of view, that pays attention to the literary devices learned in the lecture slides. Be consistent with your POV and tenses, and polish your prose through workshopping and self-editing. Dialogue is optional; many stories use dialogue but not all of them do.
Your character should go through a change of some sort. This is inherent to most great short stories: the character or the character’s life changes in some (usually significant) way. Consider basing your characters on people from your life; they tend to be more realistic this way. Or, you might write “composites”—characters who borrow traits from different people you know or have met briefly. Talk to me ahead of writing your draft if you plan to write on racialized, sexualized, or gendered violence.

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