A+Fighting+Chance+Reflection

This story, to me, was about a girl finding out about who she really was, and the strength she had: in basics, find her identity. I tried to have a lot of voice in the story, and I think that showed through, especially during the times when she is thinking to herself. Those are the times when her personality shows through the most. It also shows some of my personality, and my thoughts about things. I experimented a bit with the format of the story. I didn't start at the beginning. I started towards the ending, then went back and forth between the present and the past to explain the story, finally ending with the past and the present meeting up, and her making her decision. I tried starting at the beginning, but it felt too tedious to begin that way. Then I made the opening paragraph, and I knew I wanted to use it, so I wrote the rest of the story based off of that paragraph.

I think I had good audience awareness in the story. I would have the girl talk to herself, and it would be including the audience in on her thoughts. I also made it seem like she was talking to them, while she was talking to herself. Like she was complaining to them, not just herself. I definitely did a lot of editing and revising of this piece. On top of having my classmates revise the piece, I also had my friends revise it. I also went over the story a lot and changed little bits of the story, and then I would change them back, and on and on. It took a long time and was pretty tedious, but I think it helped the piece a lot.