Story Writing for school students.

1. By : NOOPUR SHARMA
TGT ENGLISH

3. How to write
a story?

4. STORY TELLERS
• We all are story tellers.
• Story is everywhere around us.
• You can write a story about anything
you want.

7. ELEMENTS OF STORY
1. SETTING
2. CHARACTERISATION
3. PLOT
4. THEME
5. TITLE

8. 1.
SETTING
PLACE
WEATHERTIME OF THE DAY

11. • Middle of the night
• Originally
• In broad daylight
• To begin with
• After school
• Finally
• Then
• Last week
• Soon after
• Next
• Suddenly
• Dawn
• As soon as
• Dusk
• Then
• Immediately
• While
• During
• In the past
• Ultimately
• Just before this/that
• Next month

14. Introducing the characters
Appearance
Age
Personality traits
Habits
Likes / Dislikes
Worries
Feelings
Thoughts
Problems

15. • Try to be original when you decide the name
of the character
• Think what makes your main character/
protagonist different from other characters in
the story.
• What is the goal of the main character?
• What is standing in his / her way?
• What is at stake if he or she fails?

22. KINDS OF CONFLICT
• PERSON Vs SELF
• PERSON Vs OTHER
• PERSON Vs NATURE
• PERSON Vs TECHNOLOGY

23. SELF

24. OTHER

25. NATURE

26. TECHNOLOGY

27. The message or the lesson the story gives
to the readers.
ASK YOURSELF: What did the characters
learn?
How did the characters
grow?

28. • Courage
• Honesty
• Love
• Friendship
• Forgiveness
• Loyalty
• Hope
• Equality
• Teamwork
• Hard work

30. 5. TITLE
The title of the story should be
• appropriate
and
• precise