PROSE W9 Creative
Creative Work: Developing an Idea
Look over the sketches you did last week (and the sketches from other writers in your
group). Choose a sketch to develop further, into a complete short story. It can be one of
yours or someone else’s. Develop the sketching to an extended short story OR a chapter
of your novel-in-progress. The requirements for this piece of prose:
 It should be a minimum of 750 words long. (You can write as much as you want,
but over 2,000 words I might stop reading.)
 It can be in either first person or third person; choose one and stick with it.
 The story or chapter should have a clear protagonist who is 3-dimensional (show
both interior and exterior). The protagonist should be a complex person with
strengths and weaknesses. (The “person” can be from a far-away planet, another
dimension, a dog, etc.)
 The protagonist must face a dilemma that requires them to make a choice or take
action.
 The course of action they choose must generate consequences within the
story/chapter.
 The protagonist must learn or discover something significant in the course of the
story.
Submit by Monday, June 6.
Share: Post to your group also by June 6.