INTRODUCTION

We all are storytellers. Everyday we indulge in sharing stories with our friends, family, in our blogs and
even to our deeper selves. Every movie you ever watched, every T.V. show, cartoon series, web series, we
are surrounded by stories; even the gossip you overhear is a kind of story. )

However, writing a story asa part of language learning is an art you need to learn. Some of us are born
with it but many need to be trained to learn this writing skill. Let's get started!!

Structure/Format of a Story
While there is no given format as such for story writing, there is a basic structure one can follow. It helps
construct a story in an understandable manner and keeps the flow of the story.

Beginning: The beginning or the introduction of a story is of essential importance. This is the
part where you can hook the reader and capture their attention. You must have come across
some often-used beginnings to stories like, "Once upon a time" or "A long time ago". However,
you can get more creative and begin your story with intrigue.
Character Introduction: Your story will depend heavily on how well you write your characters. To
develop your characters, you can use dialogues as well. But you want to keep the dialogues
limited in the shorter format. Also, do not include unnecessary secondary characters, every
character of the story must have a purpose.
Plot: Here is where the actual narration of the story will happen. The events that occur or the
description of the situation will be written in the plot. A plot must always have a conflict, which
is the focus of any story.

Climax/Conclusion: And this is where the story will come to its logical conclusion. If there is a
plot twist, this is where you will include it. Always end your story in an interesting manner. Also,
it is not necessary to give your story a definite ending. Acliffhanger is another effective tactic.

Some Points to Keep in Mind

Make sure you give your story an exciting and appropriate title. Atitle is the first impression you
made on the reader.

Make sure that the facts you include in your story are accurate. You can take creative license
while writing your story, but do not change universally accepted truths and facts.
 taking place, make sure the flow has
The story must flow fluently. If there is a series of events
some order. The reader must not be confused.
words. The best stories are written in
Do not use very flowery language or overuse complicated
uncomplicated verse, so as not to distract from the plot.
Try to show scenes through words.
review your story after
Write rough points/ rough draft to organise your ideas. Don't forget to
writing so that you can make the necessary corrections.

Be careful of the word limit- 150 words.

Different Types of Story Writing Questions/ Tasks

From given outline

Story based on a moral

Story based on a given title

Story based on incomplete hints/ clues such as - beginning of the story, end of the story, visual clues,
or any other creative way of giving you hints.

Tips for Developing Stories from Outlines

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Read the outline carefully and try to understand the gist of the story.

Do not omit/ miss any point given in the outlines and maintain the order of the points.
Connect every part in such a way that the story is a coherent piece of good composition.
Introduce conversation or dialogue where possible.

Never miss to give a suitable title.

Write the story in simple language.

Use past tense. (Holds true usually.)

I. SAMPLE

Write out a story using the following outline and give a suitable title to it.
father wealthy -took son on a trip - to show how poor people live- asks son his
reaction -son says their resources are limited but the family they saw - had
nature to give them things, protect them, open air, river at their disposal
who are rich have limited means.
they

TRUE WEALTH

One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the countryside with
the purpose of showing how the poor people live so he could be thankful for his wealth.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very
poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip? It was
great, Dad." Did you see how poor people can be?", the father asked. "Oh. yes." said
the son. "So what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.

The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that

reaches to the middle of the garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have
to
impurtd lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches
serve us, but
the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have servants who
walls arvund our
they serve others. We buy our fuod, but they grow theirs. We have
them.
property to protect us, they have friends to pruteet

his NOM added, " Thanks Dad, for showing

At this, the boy' father w: peehless. T'hen
me how poor w r .
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