1. Format
Included in this presentation: recap of
structure, a narrative workshop and a
group discussion of the various formats
you could use

2. Recap
What is you eye drawn
too?

3. How will your narrative fit?
Does your story stop after your injury
or confrontation?
What will make for a more compelling
narrative, the event alone or the
changes the event wrought in you?

4. Narrative workshop
Next 5 minutes: push your narrative forward one step.
• If you have nothing: 2/3 ideas + choose your favourite
• If you have 2/3 ideas: work on structure, where will key
events/lines go? How will it all fall into 1 ¾ A4?
• If you have a skeleton: develop key lines to illustrate your
key events
• If you have a fleshed out skeleton: decide what will drive
your story, description or dialogue? What research qs will
you pose?

5. Format
Working in groups:
• You are likely to write a first person, past tense recount…
...what type of writing fits this formula (besides
autoethnography)?
• Highlight the features mentioned above ^ in the Denison
(2007) paper, what do they lend to his work?
• What other formats might be appropriate?
• Final task: discuss what other forms of writing might ‘give’
to your stories and whether a mix of formats is useful