ENG 210W Author’s Letter Success Criteria
Reflect fully and confidently on the process of writing your story
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Make your purpose for writing the letter clear
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Give the reader a reason to read, and to read the story the “right” way
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Explain what inspired the ideas for the story
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Explain your main goal with the story – what you’re trying to get across
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Describe your intended audience – who you wrote the story for
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Clearly establish the story’s context – the setting, time, scope of story, and genre
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Discuss one or more detail(s) from the story you want to emphasize and show the importance
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ENG 210W Short Story Success Criteria
Interesting introduction
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A message or meaning to the story
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Conflict that shows character development – a context for the problem – resolution to the conflict
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Complex, strong, characters – significant relationships or interactions
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Setting and detail – readers feel like they’re there – clear to the reader what’s going on from the beginning
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Dialogue that is meaningful
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