Saturday, April 27, 2013

Critique on "Desafortunado"




Sara Angela Rodriguez
A415-002/Chambers
Student Critique/ Desafortunado
22 April 2013

Your story, about an unfortunate horse and his unfortunate owner, was pretty epic. I love how you used Spanish in your work, though at times you were a little off. Those corrections I’ve made on the hard copy so that you can “have a tactile experience.” Here I want to focus on the construction of your story. Though your story was really good I have to admit that it took me a while to piece it together and figure out what order the different parts go in. I think that in order to fix this jumble of story sections (so your reader can have a better experience off course) is to make smoother transitions. First write the story out in order then, after everything is perfect, move the pieces around. I think this will also help with any discrepancies in action (so we don’t have Herman arriving at the barn by himself then arriving with Junior and so that the gun isn’t in Dessie’s hand one second and on the table in the other). Besides what I’ve addressed, everything in your story to me sounded great. I really love the characters and the world you have built for them. Keep up the good work.  

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