ENG 221
Martin
Story: Self-Evaluation

NAME______________________

•  What is your story about? What does your story have to say about what it's about? (What about what it's about?) Write one sentence for each question.

•  Of the craft elements we've studied, which is the most developed in your story? Explain.

•  Which craft element did you struggle with most in drafting this story? How so?

•  What published story that we read influenced you the most as you drafted this essay? (The Diamond Mine, Sitting with the Dead, Sticks, Missing, The School, Snow, Bigfoot Stole My Wife) How did it influence you? What did you emulate? Where specifically in your story can I find this emulation?

•  What is your protagonist's "problem rooted in character"? How does the turning point of your story somehow address this problem rooted in character?

•  What are you most proud of about this story?

•  What is the most important scene in your story? Why?

• A story is always, in some way saying, "You've got to listen to this. You'll never believe what happened..." How does your story tackle the problem of implausibility? What's implausible about your draft? How do you make this credible?