Narrative writing A story with a conflict and a resolution

Seven Tips Write on one experience with a conflict Ask the 5 W how questions: Who( characters) What happened (plot) Where (setting) How (plot progression and details) Use lots of dialogue

Tips continued Use sensory details Make sure you have a climax Make sure there is a resolution to the story

Step One Choose a memory, and bring it to life by recalling the details Imagine the story in your mind Organize the plot line and main events on an outline

Step Two What did you hear, see, feel and experience and can write about? Add your details to your outline

Five Ways to start writing the narrative Start with a description Start with a question Start with an anecdote Start with a quotation Start with dialogue

Things to think about while you are writing Stories can make you laugh and can make you cry The essential elements are to have three key events Select good narrative details that add to the story Use description in your narrative writing Use dialogue for a purpose Establish a point of view ( who is telling the story?)

Ideas to write on: A time when you were a child and learned a lesson in life Patience Self control Lack of anger Sharing Forgiving Not lying about something Not taking someone else’s things

Ideas A time when you were afraid and it worked out A time when you made a big mistake and how it worked out A time when life was tough and yet in time you got over it

Next Step Start with writing your lead in your introduction Next, add the who, what, when where into your essay. Define in a few sentences where this story is happening and who is in it. Draw us into the story

What are leads? In your introduction you can start with a lead such as dialogue, feelings, experiences, backflashes, anecdotes, questions, or statements

While you are writing Add your details Details are: Anecdotes, incidents, similes, metaphors, comparisons, adjectives, adverbs, experiences, examples, dialogue, feelings, etc.

Paragraphs 2,3,4 These paragraphs are called the body paragraphs. Each paragraph is building the story to a climax The climax should be starting in paragraph 3, but really comes to fruition in paragraph four. The climax is the highest and most exciting point in the story.

Paragraph 5 This is the resolution to the story. Your story needs to be resolved in paragraph 5, and a conclusion needs to happen. Add clincher sentences and make the ending believable. Don’t always wake up from a dream!