As I have worked through my pieces I had a problem with credibility. I wasn't sure how to incorporate the age and race. I couldn't include it without ruining the flow of the story. Since credibility has to be in the beginning of the story it was even harder for me. Besides that my group mates made me aware of the many holes in my story. Like how I didn't really fully characterize Penny and didn't really mention the stranger that Penny leaves with in the car. As a writer I have learned that sometimes I think that my writing is better than it actually is and I am neglectful to change. But my peers were really helpful and through workshop it was easier for them to point out my flaws since they didn't write it themselves.
The theme that wound up turning up in my piece is love and loss. I wrote about a middle aged man who turned out to be a hopeless romantic. I used techniques such as flashback and authorial interpretation to showcase how is hurt and was left destroyed by a selfish woman. The piece is slowly getting to to where I want it to be it is still missing some things. I would like to add more symbolism and make more use of his music. All I mentioned was that he was in a band but I could use it to signify his relationship or him as a character.
