Techniques in story writing

1. Guest Speaker:
Amin Orujov
(Writer& Director of “Simurq” Publishing House)
Techniques in Story Writing

2. Lesson Stages
01 Greeting the writer
02 Revision of the previous topic
03 Presentation of the new topic
04 Discussing the stages /techniques of
the Story Writing Process
05 Answering the answers addressed by
the writer/the students
06 Project Work 

3. In the previous lesson….
Descriptive Writing
1. Using specific, concrete
language
2. Show, don’t tell
3. Use clear organization

4. In Descriptive Paragraph the Writer Should….
Descriptive
Paragraph
Represent
sth in words
As vivid as
possible
“a word
picture”
Someone
looks or
feels
A reader
can “see”
Five senses
(sight, hearing,
taste, smell,
touch)

5. A “Word Picture”

6. Tips for Writing Good Descriptions
1. Use specific, concrete language
My sister prepared a lot of food for my birthday party.
vague, abstract language
What kind of food? How much food?
My sister prepared pilaf, chicken, dolma, and cookies for my birthday
party.
specific, concrete nouns

7. Tips for Writing Good Descriptions
2. Show, don’t tell
It was a windy day.
Street signs flapped noisily in the wind. In Fountain
Square, a café table was overturned, and a girl went
running after her hat that blew from one end of
the square to the other.

8. Tips for Writing Good Descriptions
3. Use Clear Organization
Spatial Order
Moving from right to left, or from top to
bottom, or from near to far and, etc.

9. Let’s learn…
Talking to a friend

10. Narrative Paragraph
To narrate: telling a story
Narration: a story
Narrator: who tells a story
Narrative: describing events
or telling a story
What happened?

11. Narrative Paragraph: Purposes
1.To entertain 2.To make a point about
something

12. Tips for Writing Good Narrative Paragraph
1. Focus on one important event
My First Year at the University X
Too Broad Too Broad
My First Day at the AUL ✔
LT

13. Tips for Writing Good Narrative Paragraph
2.Use clear organization

14. Tips for Writing Good Narrative Paragraph
3.Use vivid description
1.Use a specific, concrete language
2.Show, don’t tell

15. Tips for Writing Good Narrative Paragraph
4.Give an indication of event’s significance
Why is the event important?

16. Discussion with the writer…
Story Writing Techniques

17. Journalistic Questions

18. Project Work/Story writing
1. Let’s make two groups of 6 Ss
2. In groups, write a short story based on
the pictures
1. Apply narrative writing tips
2. Have a moral lesson of your story
Group working

19. Kitablarla bağlı maraqlı sözlər
•Bibliosof – Kitablar haqqında hər zaman bilikli
olan şəxs
•Abibliofobiya – Oxuduğun kitabın tez bitməsi
qorxusu
•Bibliomaniya – Kitab kolleksiya etmə və sahib
olma həvəsi
•Bibliofil – Kitablara qarşı böyük sevgi bəsləyən biri

20. Kitablarla bağlı maraqlı sözlər
•Bookarazzi– Oxuduğu kitablarla şəkil çəkdirib,
onlayn paylaşan şəxs
•Loqofil – Sözləri sevən şəxs
•Tsundoku – Çoxlu kitab alıb, onları
oxumadan bir kənarda yığmaq
•Bibliosmia – Kitab qoxusu

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