Completing Your Story Proposal

Open the story proposal canvas template, the sample canvas and the sample story proposal letters that you downloaded earlier. If you haven’t downloaded them yet, you can find them below in the Lesson Materials section. 

Step 1:

• Begin with the downloaded PowerPoint and Word documents.
• Refer to your list of story ideas, your customer persona assignment and your notes from previous lessons.
• Fill in your name (if working on a team project then use the name of your team), project name (this would be your story idea), and the date.

Step 2:

You can refer to the story proposal sample letter to guide you as you complete the following boxes on the canvas. 

1. You should consider the key information in Box A through Box F as you prepare to write your proposal.
2. Each colored box is connected with the section of that color on the Story Proposal sample letter, as seen in the diagram above. Box A is not color-coded, but its contents can be included with the information from Box B if needed.
3. Use the information from each box, starting with Box B and ending with Box F. Write in complete sentences, as is appropriate for writing a letter. If you like, you can use the sample letter as a template for your letter.
4. When finished, write a conclusion thanking the editor for reading your proposal. Print your name, and then sign the letter.
5. Provide your contact information at the top. Then copy the contact information of the editor from the Story Proposal Sample Letter to the same location in your proposal letter.

Step 3:

• Check your letter for grammar and punctuation errors. If you can, have someone give you feedback. Using the assignment submission form, submit your completed Story Proposal Canvas as a PowerPoint presentation and your completed Story Proposal Letter as a Word document.
  • Save a PowerPoint file of the Story Proposal Canvas template following this format for the file’s name: Assignment Category-Story Idea-First Initial-Last Name (eg. Story-Proposal-Canvas-Shelley Spud-Days-C-Matz.ppt)
  • Save your story proposal using this format for the file’s name: AssignmentCategory-Story-Idea-First Initial-Last (eg. Story-Proposal-Shelley-Idaho-Spud-Days-C-Matz.docx