Original Completion Date: June 28, 2009 Well, I've finally posted it...one of my very, very old stories I made back when I was just a kid! At one point last year, I was digging through the attic at my parents' house and found a bunch of blank books that have my very own words and illustrations on them. These handwritten books are one-of-a-kind and brought back so many memories for me! When I was a kid, I used to love getting blank books from the store, writing my very own

Original Completion Date: February 20, 2019     This story was an exercise that challenged us to create a cohesive and compelling plot.  Plot is exactly what you think it is: the events that fold within the story from beginning to end.  There are many helpful sources on Google that show plot charts and other information on how to write a gripping narrative.         Sunday Drive is a cautionary tale about what can happen when the wrong choices are made.  Professor Gutierrez en

Original Completion Date: February 13, 2019        This short story assignment had me focus on character.  It's important to get your audience to be interested in your characters by clearly showing their emotions, personality traits, thoughts, actions, dialogue, and appearance.  The best characters in stories are those whom your audience can relate to.         For this story, I wanted to create a character who was socially awkward, and I also wanted to make him the kind of gu

Original Completion Date: February 6, 2019       This is the first short story that I made for my Beginning Fiction Workshop class during the Spring 2019 semester.  Each short story had to be around 2-3 pages, and each short story assignment had to focus on a specific aspect of fiction writing.  This one focuses on showing.  Many writers are familiar with the phrase "show, don't tell."  Readers are generally more interested in a story that shows the actions and emotions rathe