Break a Leg

The Story:

It was the day before my first field hockey practice when I fell. Participating in the redneck sport of trash-bag sledding, I broke my first bone. For those who weren't aware, trash-bag sledding is when you wet down a grassy hill, put on a trash bag or two, and just slide down. I took a bad fall the second time I tried it, and I immediately heard something snap in my right leg. With the worst pain I ever felt throbbing in my calf, my parents took me to Patient First. They told me I had fractured my tibia, and this was confirmed the next day when I saw an actual Orthopedic. The worst part was not being able to play field hockey, but of course having a cast all the way up my thigh wasn't very fun either. Luckily my leg healed pretty quickly and it gets better every day. I can't say I would ever trash-bag sled again, but at least it was fun the first time!


The Reflection:

My story is good because the plot is relateable to the reader's life, it has some humor in it, even though it's has a serious plot, and it has a resolution in the end. I think the format helps the story flow because it has a beginning, middle, and end. I chose to write this story because it happened recently and it was a big event in my life. It was the first bone i had ever broken, and I am still affected by it now. I would say that a good short story is composed of: an interesting plot, descriptive words, correct formatting, and a good ending, for example, a resolution or open ending. I know I'm not the best short-story writer, but i think that Break a Leg is pretty well written, but I always have room for improvement.