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4. Learning to fly

HOW TO WRITE A NARRATIVE / storyPLOT
Stories are expected to have a clear beginning, middle and end (not necessarily in that order!, although it's easier to write a story in chronological order). Something must happen in your story, but take a short time span and don’t have lots of dramatic events happening in a short story. Tension and suspense can be created by leaving some questions unanswered in the reader’s mind and then gradually revealing the truth. A sense of unity and closure is important. Avoid a predictable ending.

SETTING
Clearly describing your setting allows the reader to imagine being in that place

CHARACTERISATION
Readers get to know a character’s personality through what they say (1), what they do, how they react (2), how they look and from other people’s opinions and attitudes towards this character.

VERB TENSES
A narrative can be written either in the past tense or the present tense. Using the present creates a dramatic immediacy for the reader. The important thing is to pick a tense and stick with it.

VERBS
Action words, which show what is exactly happening, what someone is doing add energy and excitement to a sentence.

ADJECTIVES-ADVERBS

Adjectives and Adverbs are very important for a story!

TIME PHRASES

Order and give sense to the sequence of events with time phrases:

At first, ... / to start with,.../ In the beginning,...

Then / next

The next thing he knew was that...

Some time later,... / Later on,... / It wasn't until much later that...

Seconds later... Minutes later...

In the end,...

At last,...

SUDDEN OR UNEXPECTED EVENTS

Suddenly / All of a sudden, ...

All at once, ...

Out of the blue, ...

Without any warning, ...

Just when I was least expecting it