Publishing Project Reflection

Title: Memory Lapse
Author: Alexandra Chenelle
Genre: Romance/Teen issue/Sci-fi
Pages: 6
Mentor Texts: Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (screenplay written by Charlie Kaufman), Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Audience: Judging by my mentor texts (which are listed above) my story would probably be more so enjoyed be an older (teenaged and above) audience for the main character is a teenager, which a teenage and older audience can obviously relate to more, whether it may resemble what they going through now (without the sci-fi elements, of course) or what they had went through when they were younger. Though, the story can really be read and enjoyed by anybody who is interested in romance stories and small sci-fi twists. I plan to send this to a teen publishing site, magazine, or book or anything that might help me get my story out to my preferred audience.
Writing Process: At first when I went into writing a short story at all I had a myriad of different ideas but after some thought and consideration to what would really work in the short story context. I then settled on three ideas, then after consulting with classmates and others I settled on my final idea. The idea was to have more of a focus on the character of the story after her memory was erased (Allison) who had a lot of growth throughout the story and was really the main focus, though when I started writing a flashback scene with Lea (the character before her memory is erased) I found that she seemed to come alive to me and decided for both her and Allison to go through growth in both Allison’s flashbacks which were the character Lea’s reality. Though I realized when I began writing parts for Allison she didn’t really have much of a character which I really struggled, though that was solved once I started to go more into the story. When I finished my story and went into the editing process I wasn’t very confident with my ending and when it was edited by Ms. Staff I saw that she had commented on my ending, so I ended up changing it a bit which (I believe) kept more integrity to the story and made it make me sense. Now I am extremely satisfied with my final product and believe am ready to publish it.
Publishing Process: I have yet to publish my story though, (as I’ve said before) but I hope to publish it in anywhere where it will appeal to my target audience and plan to make it in the Adobe program Pages, which is very similar to Adobe In Design or Adobe Illustrator. I submitted my work to Teen Ink (www.teenink.com) an online site where students ages 13 to 18 can publish their reviews, essays, poems, shorts stories, art, etc. and is usually put in a magazine. I haven't had word of whether my piece has been picked but, when I find out I will include the link.