Dog Description

The vanilla colored dog, splattered with swatches of mocha, wagging his tail excitedly when he saw his master, romped happily through the lush green grass, tongue hanging out of his mouth, to anticipate the daily pat on the head that he got every day when his master arrived home.

Narrative Techniques

My English teacher has assigned me to write a short story.


Creating the main character has been the easiest part of writing my short story so far. This is because I have already had some ideas in my head for this character for some time, and so all I really had to do was work out the details about how is supposed to look and act.

I think that coming up with the setting has been the most frustrating. I do not have much of an imagination, so it is really hard for me to think up imaginary settings, and I am not a very good writer to begin with.

My main character's name is Dani. With an elaborate tattoo of an octopus on his arm, partially obscured by the scars of an old life, he resembles one of those dangerous boys that look like they have just got done serving in the army; the ones that do not want to be messed with. However, his eyes, a peculiar shade of green, always shine brightly, disarming his intimidating looks.

Although writing some of my short story has been very frustrating, I am sure that in the end, it will be rewarding. I am hoping that maybe writing this will make me a better writer, and that I will become better at showing characters.