Writing the narrative.

1. Karen S. Wright

2. Everyone likes a good story. . . .
• We go to movies.
•We read books.
•We listen as others tell their stories.
•We tell our children stories.
•We tell our friends “what happened
last weekend.”

3. Sometimes when we hear or tell a story
we ask, “What was the purpose?”
•When we write, ask—What is the
purpose?
•Entertain
•Inform
•Instruct
•Persuade

4. A brief narration = can also be
called, an anecdote.
Sometimes we use anecdotes
• To make a point
•To draw a picture
•To produce an emotional
response
•To emphasize a point

5. Ask yourself:
What is my point?
What is my purpose?
Who is my audience

6. Who How
What When
Where Why

7. Select narrative details
carefully, making sure all
pieces fit together.
•Avoid boring detail .
•Carefully choose which questions
to answer (who, what, when,
where, why, and
how).

8. Arrange details
in
chronological
order.

9. Topic Selection:
Pick a story you want to tell for a reason.
• To entertain
• To express feelings
• To relate experience
• To inform
• To persuade

10. 1. The Point: Write out a statement
on the point of the narration.
2. Generate Ideas: Answer who, what,
when, where, why, and how questions.
3. Paint a picture with words.
4. Write
5. Revise
6. Proofread
7. Submit