Self edit sheet for power story

Self Edit Sheet Name:

1. Is your story centered around one short event or moment? Yes/No


What is the event?


How do you foreshadow this event in your introduction?


2. What is your central conflict? Did you remember to include an internal conflict? (Explain)



3. Explain how you have structured your story to move toward a climax and resolution (create a narrative chart for your story).



Exposition-----------Conflict-------------------Climax-------------------Resolution







4. Is your climax related to your central conflict? (Yes/ No) How does it relate or how will you fix it?



5. What introduction strategy do you use (Description, dialogue, middle of action, etc)? Is it gripping?




6. What does your exposition establish (What do I know 3/4 of a page into your story)?




7. Write one good description in your story and circle it in your rough draft?
8. Write one description that needs work and underline it in your rough draft. Workshop it here.

A. Original description from your story:


B. Less conventional description:


C. Another less conventional description:



9. List three details you show about your main character in the first page of your story. Write the description and then say what it shows the reader.
A.

B.

C.

10. Write a sentence here from your story that shows the mood and/or setting of your story.


Is it specific? Yes/ No

Is it cliché? Yes/ No

What can be done to give it more depth?