Recasting the Canterbury Tales: Stage 5 Reflection

As the process of revision continued through the project, my drafts evolved with the peer editing. As a peer demanded more from my work, more detail on the character, more concise descriptions, more breadth, so too did the character evolve. In terms of my final draft, it incorporates audio/visual cues as well as text to allow the reader to better envision my personal vision for the character. My compositional strategies include starting with a ground up thumbnail description of my character and then applying him into the tales to see where he fits in. Then as I see his purpose, expand his story and traits to mold him into the story. This works well in other situations where you may have to start with a basic idea and expand it as you find its relevance.