Writing a StoryWriting a Story

Helpful hints for story writing.

The BeginningThe Beginning

The setting – where you are now.The characters.Use adjectives, powerful verbs,

adverbs.

Where do you go to?Where do you go to?How do you reach your imaginary

world?- through a door, through a hole in

the garden fence, in the shed, etc.

Describe your imaginary Describe your imaginary world.world.

What can you see? What can you

hear? What can you

smell? What can you feel? What can you

taste?

A mythical creature A mythical creature appears.appears.

Where does the mythical creature appear?

-Do you hear a rustling in a tree, a noise from behind, does it land in front of you?

What does the mythical creature look like?

Use adjectives, powerful verbs and adverbs.

What happens?What happens?

Think of what the creature does.Is it nasty? Does it chase you?Is it friendly?Do you help it do something?Is it hurt?

What is the complication?What is the complication?

Does it capture you? Does it take you to its lair, a cave.OR Do you meet a problem when you try to help it?

The Ending.The Ending.

How does the problem get solved?How do you manage to escape?

Remember that the reader must KNOW it is the end of the story WITHOUT you writing “The End.”

Have you remembered:Capital letters and full stops? Powerful adjectives, adverbs and verbs? Paragraphs? Connectives? Exclamation marks, question marks,

speech marks? New line when someone speaks. Keep to the same person – I doesn’t

change to “he” unless there is another character.

NEAT HANDWRITING.

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