1. What have you learned about creative writing in this class?

2. Do you consider yourself more a poet or a fiction writer? Why? Give only one sentence of the plot and then explore the underlying message.

For example, "Self Reliance" is about a gastroenterologist, who realizing her cancer has come back, decides to end her life on her own terms. The story explores the complexities of end of life issues (family, self awareness) and comments on what it means to be self-reliant: the good and the bad. Cornelia refuses to ask others for help and would rather commit suicide than impose on her daughter. Is being independent also being without love? These are some of the questions crucial to the story --- all told in the genre of realistic fiction.

 

3. What is your idea for your final story?

 

4. Please read "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. In what 2 ways does this fulfill or not fulfill your story assignment? What does this teach you that will help you be effective?

 

5. What  do you now know about story structure?