How to write a story

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Paragraph plan
Introduction
Paragraph 1
Setting the scene
Main characters
Main body
Paragraphs 2-4
Conclusion
Final paragraph
Developing the story, describing the events in the order they happen
Climax event
End of the story, feelings, comments and reactions

First you have to...
Decide on the type of a story: a comedy, an adventure, a fairy late, etc
Use appropriate tenses

First you have to…..
Decide who the characters are.
Who is going to be in the story?
What sort of characters are they?

Next consider …..
Where and when your story is going to take place.
This is called the setting.
Present ?
Past?
Future?

Time for the Problem….
What is going to happen in your story?
What is the main event?

Include Important Events
A summary of what happens in the story.
The events in the story
This is known as the plot.

Finally ….the Solution
How it all ends.
The problem is solved.
What type of ending?
Happy? Sad?

Important!
Mind tenses
Use appropriate tense forms
Use linking words (and, as, while, when, where, so, that’s why)
Use more adjectives and adverbs