Short Story Reflection

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There were many fun parts in the short story assignment. The part that I enjoyed the most was coming up with the characters, designing their quirks, putting them in different setting to see what they would do and creating a world were they lived. Designing the cover of the story and gathering visuals for inspiration was also really fun.

This assignment thought me a lot of things for example; I learned that writing a short story (and writing in general) is not as easy as it looks. I also learned how to properly write dialogue and how to “show” a story and not “tell” it.

From all the short stories we’ve read I liked “The Tell Tale Heart” the most. But all the other stories were very interesting as well. From all these stories I learned how a short piece of writing can impact you in great measures. I also learned to look at how the masters write and to take notes of their techniques.

In this assignment I learned that I, as a writer absolutely love writing dialogue, I really enjoyed writing the little moments between characters. I also like writing scenes were emotions are at their extreme (a bit dramatic, I guess.) Overall I found out that instead of writing big, meaningful and “the world is in danger” moments, I like writing scenes were small things are magnified.