WEEK 5:
– Use ‘Crafting Your Best Story’ to plan my short story.
– Write the first draft of a modern fantasy short story. Compare it to the short stories ‘Grudge’ and ‘All Hallows’ by popular modern fantasy author Rachel Caine.
WEEK 6:
– Focus on building up and creating strong characters.
– Read chapters from writing guidebooks such as ‘The Writer’s Clinic’ by Carolyn Lorelle, and ‘Tips & Tricks to Writing on Wattpad’. These chapters will hopefully help me refine my characters.
– Compare my writing to that of Rachel Caine, also compare it to my previous draft.
WEEK 7:
– Work on dialogue.
– Take a chapter from ‘The Writer’s Clinic’, also consult ‘Put Your Cat In The Oven Before You Describe The Kitchen’ by Jake Vander Ark.
– Compare my rewritten draft to the previous draft, as well as comparing it to the short stories by Rachel Caine.
WEEK 8:
– Take two chapters from ‘Yuffie’s Writing How-To’s’.
– Consult ‘Put Your Cat In The Oven Before You Describe The Kitchen’ by Jake Vander Ark.
– Compare my rewritten draft to the previous draft, as well as comparing it to the short stories by Rachel Caine.
WEEK 9:
– Look at Pacing and Plot.
– Consult ‘Crafting Your Best Story’ by Elle Strauss.
– Compare my rewritten draft to the previous draft, as well as comparing it to the short stories by Rachel Caine.
WEEK 10:
– Rectify my tendency to Tell more than Show, focus on Imagery
– Refer to ‘Yuffie’s Writing How-To’s’.
– Re-read Rachel Caine’s short stories. See what Imagery she uses.
– Consult ‘Write Good or Die’ by Scott Nicholson, also consult ‘Crafting Your Best Story’ by Elle Strauss.
– Compare my rewritten draft to the previous draft, as well as comparing it to the short stories by Rachel Caine.
WEEK 11:
– Focus on World Setting.
– Consult two chapters from ‘Yuffie’s Writing How-To’s’, also ‘Crafting Your Best Story’ by Elle Strauss.
– Compare my world building to that of Rachel Caine, also compare new draft to my previous draft.
WEEK 12:
– Fix up other, smaller aspects of my story.
– Language: Is it appropriate to character and setting?
– Consult a chapter from ‘The Writer’s Clinic’ by Carolyn Lorelle.
– Refer to a chapter from ‘Yuffie’s Writing How-To’s’.
– Also refer to ‘Put the Cat in the Oven Before You Describe the Kitchen’ by Jake Vander Ark.
– Final clean-up: spelling & grammar check; consistent tense check.
-Compare to previous draft, original draft, Rachel Caine’s short stories.
Ashleigh Neame 
Hi Ashleigh,
Great information and concepts applied to the brief one. I really like your thinking. You might want to check out John C. Beans works there could be some great academic information to link to your Brief two as you go thought the process of reflective writing as you construct your story. The only key thing I can think of is to create a bit of flow the sections of brief one were not flowing in a way that I could follow at times. May be a small introduction to give the reader a map or switch the sections around for example you have the brief two plan at the beginning when a user goes to your brief but brief two general idea is in the middle of the report and that could have made things more clearer if it was before the plan. But its minor with such clear writing and the only people who are looking at this is those who know whats happening in the ireflect project. I look forward to your future work and I would love to comment more when the opportunities present themselves best of luck Ashleigh please do check out my eportfolio (http://nicholasbaker1.wordpress.com) so we can help each other out during Brief two…Cheers 🙂
Thanks for your feedback, Nick. I’ve taken your advice on board and have hopefully structured my blog better using pages instead. If you come back and have a look, let me know if you think it is better than what I had before.
Looking forward to your feedback for Brief 2!