Your task is to craft a rough draft that gives a general sense of where your story begins, how it develops, and how it ends.
You may perhaps aim for ~800 words or so, In other words, this rough draft should be more than an outline, so that you can get some helpful feedback from your peers.As you begin your drafting process, you may consider the following questions:
Where does the story begin in terms of location, time, who/what are involved? In other words, how do you want to situate your reader?
What is the story about?
Whose story is it? What is your role as the writer?
What sensory details do you want to use for the reader to feel your story?
What sources (both interview and secondary sources) have you identified and will you use
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What interview quote can you use to bring the story to life?
What type of story (Conquering fear/evil, journey, overcoming obstacles, empowerment, cautionary tale, reinvention or renewal, etc.) is it?
What tone (intimate, playful, sad, serious, etc.) do you want to adopt?
How will you organize the story? Where does it begin and where does it end?
Since this is a rough draft, not everything have to be worked out. For example, you can tell your readers your plans about how you will integrate a specific source into a section in parentheses.
Finally, at the bottom or top of the rough draft document, add a cover memo in which you discuss any concerns you may have about your rough draft and/or ask the peer reader questions to comment on specific points or areas.________________My profile feature article will be about my friend Ali. I don’t have time to write profile feature article about my friend, so I want you to do it. You can make up any story as long as it’s about my friend Ali and his depression. Try to make it general story and nothing specific.
The above questions will help you to draft a story. Please note that this is not profile feature article. This is merly exploratory Writing. I will create another task for the profile feature article next week.
Requirements: as long as necessary
