Each weekly Assignment will contribute to your Final Project short story, which will be due on Day 7 of Week 5. The outline will be the first step of the writing process used to develop your short story for your Final Project. You will apply what you have learned about the elements of creative writing to begin your own short story, and you will need at least two days to complete this assignment. For this week's Assignment, you will be creating a short story outline and the opening scene. The assignment:

Part 1:Using theOpening Scene Template/Story Mapworksheet, develop a 1-p age outline of your short story.

Part 2:Com plete theConnecting Time(s) and Place(s): The Significance of Settingworksheet and use information from that worksheet tow rite a 1 -p age opening scene for your short story.You will need at least two days to complete this assignment. Below is theOpening Scene Template/Story Mapworksheet, Please note: This writable worksheet is designed so that you can ty pe your answers to each of the questions; the line spacing will expand as you type. Please remember to save the form after completing it.

STORY MAP

Author:

Short Story Title:

SettingTime and Place:

Characters (list and briefly describe them):

PROBLEM (general summary of problem, issue, etc.):

Event 1:

Event 2:

Event 3:

Event 4:

Event 5:

SOLUTION / RESOLUTION:

Notes on characters, special details, etc.: