One last story for the portfolio.
You can't tell a story if you cannot reflect on it from a distance. Write about an incident that happened your freshman year.
Keep the following in mind:
Who were you at the time? (We have to assumed you have changed since then)
How did you react to the situation? (Are you proud, ashamed, embarrassed, shy, angry?)
What did you learn from the situation? (Whatever you do don't say, "What I learned through this situation was . . . ) Show me don't tell me.
Use this story as a chance to use all of the storytelling techniques we have learned this semester from scene setting to character building (even when the person is real) to cutting out all of the extraneous material to make the ideas clearer.
There is no word count but write for the ear. If you were going to stand up and hear this story how would it go over?
See you Thursday.
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