Reflection

I was actually quite happy with how the audience; being the class absorbed my short story. One thing that stood out and I was super proud of was the fact that most everyone who was workshopping the story felt as though this story was in the mind of a 10–12-year-old kid. This made me happy because that was exactly the way that I wanted the story to be conveyed. Another thing I was happy about was the acceptance of the setting from the audience. Most everyone knew where it was and that there was definitely a creepy undertone throughout the story. If I were to continue on with this story and revise it I would have to do two things differently. First off I will spend more time on the little details of the story making the reader feel like they were right alongside the three trouble-making boys. Another thing that I would do to the story would be to adjust the beginning. One point made in class was to start the story with one of my lines “Zack could be considered a rough guy” With this opener it can hook the reader and also arise questions that could be answered later on in the story. I would also spend a little bit more time on how Zack was such a rough guy and flesh out his character a little more. Overall, I enjoyed this experience of getting out of my comfort zone of creating a story and sharing it with a group of other people. I also kind of like that we essentially get to play god.