A presentation of your final work will call on presentation skills used in the business, non-profit, and academic sectors/fields, allowing you to visually present your final work to the class in a slide presentation. You will be revising one of your workshopped stories and compiling it into a presentation using PowerPoint, Slides, a Word doc/PDF, or any other form that is easily shared via Blackboard. (You may revise more than one story if you choose, but only one revision is required). You will include: One of the fiction stories written this term, in a revised final version, based on feedback you received or your own personal preferences Author’s Reflection (two-three paragraphs that reflect on your inspiration for the story, what you hoped the reader would understand, the fiction devices/strategies you focuses the most on, and the changes you decided to make and why) Any visual aids you wish to include: photographs, art, images to enhance the reader's experience of the story Optional: you may have an audio component of you reading your story or of music as most PowerPoint programs have audio capability. Please use a good font that is easy to read. (avoid cursive/handwriting fonts) Don't try to fit your story on one slide or one page; take several slides so that all the writing isn't crammed on one slide/page Your reflection should be on the last slide/page. As another option (instead of a Slide presentation) you can feel free to make a video of yourself reading your story and then discussing it (verbalizing your reflection), If you do this, I know that Quicktime and Youtube both work in terms of linking a video to Blackboard. You can go to the paperclip in the tool bar (above) and attach a quicktime video or try out other options to see if they work. You may want to link a "test" video to see what BB supports. The discussion is in edit mode so you can remove it after testing. Tips for Revisions Regardless of your grade on the first draft, everyone must do one revision. Think about your previous grade as a grade on the first draft. The revision is a brand new grade. Please try to address some of the concerns and questions of your classmates and of your instructor. Our questions to the character and the author should help you to see where you might add more detail or backstory. (I posted replies to all of your stories in the same thread as your classmates with specific suggestions—if for some reason I did not post a feedback and your story was posted on time, this was not intended so please let me know by email.) It’s YOUR story, so you can certainly make changes that weren’t suggested and that you realize on your own, now. You can also use words/phrasings that were suggested to you by me or classmates Changes can mean doing any of the following: spruce up the language and details add metaphors and/ or similes add more character details change the order of your paragraphs add more setting details revise clichés add dialogue or fix formatting and punctuation of dialogue remove words to streamline your thoughts clarify the speaker by making vague pronouns (I, he, she, you, they) more concrete change the title of your story add more flashback or backfill Change the ending or the first paragraph; start with a different first paragraph You may change the story dramatically, make it longer, make it shorter, or change a few lines/words/details, change punctuation, etc. There is no number changes you must make, but please aim to change a few noticeable things. There is not a word limit on the revision and you can exceed the line length in the original assignment. The Author's reflection is worth 20% of the assignment grade, so if you do not include a thoughtful reflection, the highest grade you can receive on the final project is an 80.