Term+4+Narrative+writing

**__How to Plan and Write Your Story__** ** It all starts with ideas, but where do these ideas come from?** ** Plan out your story on an organizer. Think about the following:** **Who is your main character?** **What does she, he, or it like or dislike?** **What is your character's personality?** **What does your character look like?** **To use an interactive story map.** **To use an interactive circle plot diagram.** **To review story elements with this interactive.**
 * Before writing a narrative story we are going to review story elements and genre.**
 * **To review story elements click on the [|Cinderella Interactive] .**
 * **To review genre click on [|Genre Characteristics] from Read Write Think.**
 * **What has happened in your life or to someone you know that would make a great story?**
 * **What kind of stories do you like to read? Could you write the same type of story (without copying)?**
 * **Do you want your story to be funny, sad, adventurous, or filled with impossible events? What events would create these types of stories?**
 * **Who is your main character ? Remember the main character is the person, animal, or thing your story is about. Every story starts out with the main character.**
 * **Who are your supporting characters ? These are the main characters friends and enemies. They can also be characters that help move the story along.**
 * Villians are characters that block the main character from reaching a goal.**
 * Allies are friends who help the main character reach a goal.**
 * Mentors are wise characters that help the main character.**
 * Jokers are characters who bring humor to the story.**
 * Remember when planning your story that characters can change over the story.**
 * A villian might start off as evel and then decide to help the main character solve the problem.**
 * **Think of an interesting conflict (problem) for the main character to overcome.**
 * The bigger the problem is the more interesting your story will be.**
 * Don't let the main character solve the problem right away.**
 * Before you write, decide how the problem is going to be solved.**
 * The main character should solve the problem.**
 * Don't have someone or something come in at the last part of the story to save the day.**
 * **Decide on the plot, or sequence of events, that happen to the main character as he, she, or it tries to solve their problem.**
 * Start the story by introducing the main character, the setting, and the problem.**
 * Next, tell how the main character goes about solving the problem.**
 * Think about having the main character meet his enemy or friends. What obstacles are in his way?**
 * Did he, she, or it learn any lessons along with the events?**
 * What is the big event in the story, or climax that leads to the solution to the problem?**
 * Bring the story to a close . This is a good place to give out rewards or punishments to characters.**
 * **What is the setting of your story?**
 * Where does your story take place?**
 * When does your story take place: past, present, future?**
 * Will the setting affect your main character or how the events happen in the story?**
 * Remember a setting can also create an atmosphere.**
 * **Now that you have an overview of your entire story think about how to place the events in your story. There should be a beginning, middle, and end .**
 * Make sure that your beginning, middle, and end transition into each other.**
 * The events should make sense as the story moves.**
 * [[image:http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/TTravis/imageGallery/pencil.png width="30" height="30" align="left"]] Write your rough draft . Remember to just focus on getting your ideas on paper. You can always go back later to fix or improve upon your writing.**
 * [[image:http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/TTravis/imageGallery/pencil.png width="30" height="30" align="left"]] Edit and Revise your work.**
 * Check your work for spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.**
 * Check your work for words you may have repeated too often.**
 * Read your story to yourself out loud.**
 * Remember that YOU may know what you meant, but your reader might not.**
 * Be sure you gave enough detail to fully explain.**
 * [[image:http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/TTravis/imageGallery/pencil.png width="30" height="30" align="left"]] Publish your story. During the course of the school year you will publish stories in many forms. Some examples are creating digital books, writing final drafts, creating classroom books, etc.**
 * To use an interactive literary element map. **