ENC 1101-B3 & B4: Writing for Discovery
Process Memo: Twist of Fate
Written by lms03n on November 13, 2003 - 18:15
When thinking up a creative idea for a story, I had no idea what I was going to do. At first, I thought, “Ehh, piece of cake! We can write about anything.” But then, I found the whole assignment to be rather difficult. I looked around my room and observed one of my old cheerleading pictures so I decided to write about a football game. My imagination then just ran with it.

I am fond of the storyline in my narrative, however I believe that I can further develop it in my next drafts. I intend to make it more dramatic so that the reader feels a wave of emotion.

I think I want to add a little more information about Joe. I believe that I can add a lot of humor to my story through him.

I feel as if I didn’t describe the two main characters, Kimberly and Travis, well enough. I desire for the reader to get to know the characters so I will dwell on their personality traits in the next draft.

I find my ending to be very abrupt. However, I like it because once I re-read the story I was like, “Wow!” It’s very stirring. I feel very sympathetic towards Kimberly. I think maybe I will add dialogue from Kimberly about what she is feeling when she observed the car.
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Re: Twist
Posted by cel4145 on November 16, 2003 - 14:49.
"I feel as if I didn’t describe the two main characters, Kimberly and Travis, well enough. I desire for the reader to get to know the characters so I will dwell on their personality traits in the next draft." One way to do this very effectively would be to show them interacting in such a way that the reader learns more abouy them, as opposed to merely describing their personality traits.

"I am fond of the storyline in my narrative, however I believe that I can further develop it in my next drafts. I intend to make it more dramatic so that the reader feels a wave of emotion." Be careful of being melodramtic or you may lose that effect. A better way would be to let the readers see more of who your characters are (you mention you plan to do this). The more the reader becomes invested in the characters, the more that they react to the final scene.