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=G.R.A.S.P.S=


 * Goal:** Your task is to get you short story chosen by Glimmer Train Press Inc, and then to make create a graphic version of your story for Sterling Publishing.
 * Role:** You are a new writer eager to get published.
 * Audience:** Glimmer Train Press and Sterling Inc.
 * Situation:** The context you find yourself in is that you want to win Glimmer Trains contest for new short stories, and then once you are noticed by Sterling you want to make a graphic novel rendition of you short story worthy of being pu into their up coming anthology.
 * Product/Presentation:** You will create a short story but ultimately a graphic novel remake of your piece.
 * Standards (Criteria from both rubrics - product and presentation): PRODUCT:** Literary Devices and Techniques 20%, Creativity 10%, Graphic Remake 20%, Emphasis 20%, Problem and Conflict 10%, Writing Process 20%. **PRESENTATION:** Comprehension/Content 25%, Vocabulary 15%, Preparedness 20%, Enthusiasm 15%, Evaluates Peers 15%, Time Limit 10%.

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There are a variety of ways to create literature and many different ways to transform literature. There are many ways to analyze literature and find the emphasis and meaning. This includes comparing and contrasting different mediums.

=Introduction= INTRO

As a writer with a deep background in literature and full of ideas and opinions you are trying your best to get published. It can be a difficult feat to get your work out into the world. Many of the authors we idolize and read about today from other time periods were not well known or very popular in their time. And those who were weren’t always aiming for the limelight.

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. ~Anaïs Nin

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. ~E.L. Doctorow

A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket. ~Charles Peguy

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. ~Toni Morrison

Writing should be about sharing what you want and even need to share, and of course getting paid is always a plus.

=Task= As a desperate writer eager to get published, we invite you to enter Glimmer Train Press Inc.'s 2011short story contest. Glimmer Train Press annually holds a contest to seek out the best new and upcoming authors. All the short stories chosen will be published. To show your professional abilities to craft stories include at least five literary devises and use the power of emphasis to create interest. Judges will be looking for creative and engaging pieces.

If we decide your short story is in the top 20 you will be given the honor to create a short graphic novel remake of your new short story for the successful publishing company Sterling inc. They are creating a new anthology of graphic short stories, and they're planning to include the best new and upcoming authors. When transforming your short story into a graphic remake feel free to make changes, but they request that the main “essence” of the story remain intact. They also request that you put your graphic short story on an online comic hosting website, so we can view it right away. Also, to show your professionalism, they ask you to respond to some of the other graphic short stories that may be put in their anthology. We all plan on seeing your best work.

Glitter Train Press Inc.

=Conclusion=

Well done. As a newly published writer many doors have been opened for you. Perhaps more importantly people everywhere have the opportunity to learn from your stories. Authors can have an immense influence on their time and even future times. It is possible that someday someone will read your work and be inspired and maybe even pushed to create something based off your work or your work will act as a springboard for multiple other ideas.

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. ~Isaac Asimov