My short story was workshopped in class on Monday, 10/10, and I think it went really well. While it did take Jesse asking a few questions to get the class engage, which was quite scary for me as the writer, I felt like the feedback was mostly positive. I liked how everyone could feel some sort of emotion to each character, whether they liked them, hated them or related to them in some way. I think that hearing those thoughts from others about the characters themselves helped me understand that people were feeling similarly about them all that I was. When creating this piece I knew I wanted to do something different and tell a story from the “Other Woman” perspective and show that aspect. I didn’t want everyone to love Florence or root for her but I also wanted to show she wasn’t evil for having these feelings and I think that landed within the class. The revisions and suggestions I was given were things I had already been thinking about when rereading my story. I know that I need to add more depth about the relationship between Lincoln and Angela, showing what caused Lincoln to fall out of love. And also highlight how Florence was there for Lincoln and how his feelings developed. I also heard lots about adding more about Angela to the story. She is the antagonist in this story so from this workshop I see that I need to add more about why she is the bad guy in Florence and Lincolns relationship. I think that adding the element of the conversation Florence and Angela had will really add to that. Overall I think that this workshop was quite helpful for me and will help me create more depth to the story when I start on the next step.
