The story, Into the Gorge by Ron Rash, was a suspense story. According to Starkey's checklist a well written story should follow several guide lines. Some of these guide lines are specified for the structure and the designed of the story. First, the story should start at the most opportune moment. In this story, Rash started with the background of the main character and highlighted a foreshadowing story of the main character aunt's death. This beginning resembled the rising action of the story and foreshadowed the falling action. Even though the conflict was not fully introduced in the beginning as Starkey's checklist mentioned, it helped in introducing the climax and introduce the main character. Second, the story's conflict must be immediately