Having four stories now, you will write one more. This one requires you to consider the other four.
Bradbury builds his plot by having one story relate to another in theme, setting, character or concept. He arranges his stories to build tension, suspense, and build the narrative structure to a climax of sorts. Now it's your turn.
You will reorder your stories. Which story should go first? Which story should follow it? Which story is most dramatic and climactic? Reorder your story drafts (even if you wrote them in the order requested).
Haven't written a "beginning" or "climax" for the group of stories? Now's your chance.
Write one more (at least) short story that takes into consideration the group. Do you lack a theme? Try a story that ties the previous stories together. Do you lack a beginning? Try a story that attempts to help explain a character, setting, or conflict's beginning.
When you are done with all five stories, you will want to go back over them and correct, make changes, proofread, and in general polish your work. Give the whole sequence (like the previous poetry cycle project) a title.
HOMEWORK: Please keep reading Dandelion Wine or The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.
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