A great story

Personal opinion

SettingEvents

The ingredients of a story

Why is it important

• It creates mood

• Gives your story emotion

• It influence the characters

• It adds conflict

Setting cheat sheetMy setting notes:(The who, when, where and why of my story.)Place – the physical location. Mountains, rivers, the ocean, the jungle, a city?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Time – what year, what time, what season? Future, past or present?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Environment - the details of the surroundings. What else is going on around the characters? What is the weather like?

Are they alone or with other people? What are they wearing?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________