Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Writing a Story

Follow these steps when you are ready to write a narrative, a story.

1. Brainstorm. Think about events in your childhood, in high school, at university. Write down all the ideas  that you can think of.

2. Select your favorite/most interesting ideas.

3. Build a timeline.

4. Write an outline. The outline will include an introduction to the events, the events in sequence (timeline), and a conclusion.

5. Write the first draft.

6. Edit.

7. Redraft. Rethink. Redraft.

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