3. Novels are narratives
Movies are narratives
Anything that is a story
4. Make a point
◦ Do you want your reader to learn something?
◦ What do you want your reader to take get from the
story?
5. An incident that you experienced
An incident that someone you know
experienced
6. afterward finally next
after that first now
currently later soon
eventually meanwhile then
7. Narrow your topic in light of audience and
purpose.
Compose a thesis statement that tells the
point of the story.
Prewrite for details
8. Select the important events and details; drop
any that do not clearly relate to the point in
your thesis.
Make an outline for the essay
Write a draft of narrative using transitional
expressions to indicate time sequence
9. Revise
Proofread for errors in
grammar, punctuation, sentence
structure, spelling, and mechanics.
