Pyramus and Thisbe's tale of star-crossed lovers has been passed down to us, generation after generation, for hundreds of years. Now it's your chance to put your own spin on the whole thing. What if it doesn't even end that way at all!?! It's time to end this YOUR way!
Your task is to re-write the last chapter of the tale. You can pick up the last chapter of the story anywhere you like in the plot line before that tragic ending, with the assumption that the reader has already read the previous chapters. You can give the characters original names if you want to (just as Shakespeare did). You can set the story in any time period you'd like. And here's the kicker....you can have it all turn out however YOU want it to. No death required!



Keep in mind the following ideas when crafting your work:

Setting
Narrative Structure
Character Development
Tone
These important elements of fiction (and several others) are discussed HERE.

Your story must include the following:

Sensory details
Description
Dialogue*
*Dialogue tends to trip some students up. Here are some TIPS FOR WRITING DIAOLOGUE.

Your story should be about 700 words minimum. You can go beyond that if you're on a roll, but I'd really prefer to not spend all day reading it, so try to keep it below 1500 words. Also, I am a delicate snowflake: keep your story PG!

I bet you'll have questions for me before you get started. Most students do want to ask questions or float ideas by me first. Please feel free to do this to make sure you're on the right track before you're in too deep.