Writing a short story.

Here you'll find something that may be useful for you to write your story.

Remember to keep it simple and well written. It's important to introduce your characters: tell us about them, help us understand them, make us care about them. 

Requirements:

Write a short story for kids.

The main character should be an animal, although you can include non-animal characters if you want to do so.

400 to 600 words. 

Due date is January 20th. You can send it by email up to the 19th, or bring a printed version on the 20th.

Alice in Wonderland

Hi!

For those of you who are behind in the reading and asked for the text.

Here.  It's a PDF file.

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Short story.

For this assignment, you will be creating your own short story (500-750 words). Choose a set of three elements and write a story that contains all three of them!

• A stolen ring, fear of spiders, and a sinister stranger.
• A taxi, an old enemy, and Valentine's Day.
• Identical twins, a party invitation, and a locked closet.
• A broken wristwatch, peppermints, and a hug that goes too far.
• Aerobics, a secret diary, and something unpleasant under the bed.
• An ex-boyfriend, a pair of binoculars, and a good-luck charm.
• The first day of school, a love note, and a recipe with a significant mistake.
• A horoscope, makeup, and a missing tooth.
• A campfire, a scream, and a small lie that gets bigger and bigger.

In crafting your story, keep the following in mind:

• Choose a theme/conflict as the basis for your story. Consider the elements you've chosen when you outline this.
• Use indirect characterization (description of character’s appearance, actions, thoughts, words, and other character’s reactions to them) to bring your characters to “life.”
• Think carefully about your lead and your conclusion  -your lead should draw the reader into the story (narrative hook), and your conclusion should provide some sort of resolution.
• Try using thoughts and descriptive pictures to make your story and characters believable.

Reminders
As you write and revise your story, keep the following tips in mind:

Give enough information so the reader can actually picture the story events and characters.

Give details that are specific and relevant.

Consider word choice and sentence structure carefully.

Correct any grammatical and spelling errors.

Given the extent of the assignment, keep the character list short (2-3 characters)