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Narrative Writing Notes

The document provides tips for writing narrative stories, including adding dialogue with quotation marks, using who, what, when, where, why, and how questions to add details, and incorporating sensory descriptions. It suggests reading over the story to check for errors and making changes, as well as making the story unique and memorable for readers.

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Narrative Writing Notes

The document provides tips for writing narrative stories, including adding dialogue with quotation marks, using who, what, when, where, why, and how questions to add details, and incorporating sensory descriptions. It suggests reading over the story to check for errors and making changes, as well as making the story unique and memorable for readers.

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NARRATIVE WRITING TIPS & STRATEGIES

1. A good story should make someone feel emotions as they read it (happiness, sadness, anger,
frustration, suspense, fear). They should feel multiple feelings as they read through your story.

2. Add dialogue (characters speaking) to your story. Remember quotation marks go around the
speaker’s comments.

Examples – Keep in mind, each time you add new dialogue, you indent the paragraph as
shown below.

“We should study for the test,” said Lisa.

“Can we meet at your house, Dillon?” asked Kyle.

“Sure,” said Dillon, “let’s meet at my place after school.”

3. If you get stuck on details, ask yourself the following questions: Who? What? When?
Where? Why? How?

Who? - Ex: Who do they meet? Who will they see? Who comes along?

What? – Ex: What do they see? What are they doing? What do they taste, smell, see, feel,
hear?

When? – Ex: When does the event happen? When do they arrive or leave?

Where? – Ex: Where do they go next? Where will they meet? Where are the settings in your
story?

Why? – Ex: Why are they doing what they are doing? Why are they leaving? Why are they
going? Why are they starting something?

How? – Ex: How are they going to do something? How will they get somewhere? How will they
win? How do they lose?

4. Add sensory details (imagery) – Describe how things look, smell, taste, feel, sound. As you
see it in your mind, describe it in your story. Use adjectives.

5. Read over your work once you complete it. Check for any errors. Make changes.

6. Use the SCAMPER sentence techniques.

7. Unless it is a fairy tale (even then you do not have to) do not start your story with “Once
upon a time” or any other common starters. Grab your reader’s attention from the beginning.

8. Make your story unique and interesting. Try to create a story that your reader will not
predict or see coming. Make it memorable.

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