Here is some info about the short story that I wrote:
Title: 3100
Author: Elliott Newhouse
Genre: Adventure
Pages: 2
Mentor texts: One of my mentor texts was the preview for the movie "I Am Legend". The preview did not give very much information of what the movie was about, but the idea that it set of having almost nothing left in the world gave me ideas of what my story should be about. My other mentor text is Call of the Wild. I have never read this book, and don't really know what it's about, but one of my friends read the book for a book report and the idea of people having to live with only animals intrigued me.
Audience: The audience that I was aiming for when writing this story was people that find themselves living in a "world of nothingness" and that enjoy reading adventure stories.
Writing Process: My friend wrote the first sentence of the story (which has now changed completely from what his original sentence was) because I was unsure of what to write about, and he told me to continue the story from there. I basically just wrote whatever I thought sounded good on paper, and edited it as I went along. Through many drafts, my story eventually became what it is now.
Publishing Process: For publishing, I read my story one more time, made some last minute changes, and submitted it to the New Yorker magazine. I also made a cover, printed it out along with the story and put it in a book sleeve/folder.
Title: 3100
Author: Elliott Newhouse
Genre: Adventure
Pages: 2
Mentor texts: One of my mentor texts was the preview for the movie "I Am Legend". The preview did not give very much information of what the movie was about, but the idea that it set of having almost nothing left in the world gave me ideas of what my story should be about. My other mentor text is Call of the Wild. I have never read this book, and don't really know what it's about, but one of my friends read the book for a book report and the idea of people having to live with only animals intrigued me.
Audience: The audience that I was aiming for when writing this story was people that find themselves living in a "world of nothingness" and that enjoy reading adventure stories.
Writing Process: My friend wrote the first sentence of the story (which has now changed completely from what his original sentence was) because I was unsure of what to write about, and he told me to continue the story from there. I basically just wrote whatever I thought sounded good on paper, and edited it as I went along. Through many drafts, my story eventually became what it is now.
Publishing Process: For publishing, I read my story one more time, made some last minute changes, and submitted it to the New Yorker magazine. I also made a cover, printed it out along with the story and put it in a book sleeve/folder.
