2. Need of Story Writing
• The art of story-telling is as old as human life itself. It has been in
practice since time immemorial.
• Since ancient times, there has been a tradition of telling and
transmitting stories orally in every house from generation to
generation.
• In modern times, story writing has become a full-fledged literary
genre in itself and is one of the best medium of learning values as
well as writing creatively.
• The art of story writing strengthens the students’ power of
imagination, expression and creativity.
• It makes the students learn writing skills in an interesting way and
to assimilate social and humane values by making use of
imaginative flights to weave stories around imaginary, life-like or
real life characters and events.
3. Steps of Story Writing
• Step-I: (Idea) The students should be provided with an idea of story writing which
must be simple and clear. The students should be given some hints regarding
characters and settings as well. For instance, the idea about ‘a thirsty crow’ and his
quest for water or ‘a young seagull’ who is reluctant and timid to fly.
• Step-II: (Creating a Situation): The students should be asked to create such a
situation that constitutes the central conflict of the story that helps it move
further. The critical situation is crucial for triggering off a series of events to
culminate in the climax and the final solution. For example, the crow is thirsty and
at last finds a pot of water in which the level of the water is very low or the crisis
of the young and timid seagull to take the first flight.
• Step-III: (Composition): The students should be encouraged to compose the story
in the following two ways: (a) With the help of the given ideas and hints, the
students should be asked to write a well-organized story moving smoothly from
the exciting beginning to the enlightening ending resolving the central crisis in its
course. They should be asked ‘to show, not to say’, ‘to express, not to tell’ the story
by making the utmost use of ‘past tense’ and such phrases as ‘Once upon a time,’
‘Once there was a …,’ ‘Years ago’ etc..
4. There are a number of stories prescribed in the
text books of class 10th. To mention a few are:
• “A Letter to God” (First Flight, p. 01),
• “His First Flight” (First Flight, p. 32),
• “Black Aeroplane”(First Flight, p. 37),
• “Madam Rides the Bus” (First Flight, p. 116),
• “The Thief’s Story” (Footprints without Feet, p. 08),
• “The Midnight Visitor” (Footprints without Feet, p. 14),
• “A Question of Trust” (Footprints without Feet, p. 20)
• “Bholi” (Footprints without Feet, p. 54) etc
