WRITING AN ANECDOTE

STEPS & TIPS IN WRITING AN ANECDOTE

1. Know what you are trying to show or illustrate with your anecdote.

2. Include some type of adversity, problem, conflict, obstacle.

3. Make sure something happens 3. Make sure something happens. It might take no longer than a few minutes.

5. Include details to create a visual image 5. Include details to create a visual image. Set the scene with the 5 Ws.

6. Keep it short. Start long, and then cut it down to the fewest words necessary.

7. Save the background for the next paragraph or later.

8. Don’t explain too much. Save that for later.

9. Use more verbs and nouns than adjectives and adverbs.

10. Stick with shorter sentences. Include a snippet.

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