Plot Development Writing

Writing a Story

By Tünde Lőrincz

Why do we write stories?

• exam

• diary

• inspiration

• we want others to find out​

Story

Language

• past simple (knocked, stopped, started, went, cried...)

• ​past continuous (was shining, were having dinner...)

• adjectives (bright, clever, unbelievable, ​wonderful...)

• adverbs (suddenly, luckily, obviously...)​

• sequencing (at first, then, later, the next day, finally/eventually)​

Story

• plot

• problem/conflict

• rising action

• climax

Conclusion

• setting

• ​ protagonist

• things to know​

​Introduction

How to build a story?

Story

Main body

• (re)solution

• theme

• moral​

It was a nice autumn afternoon. The birds were chirping and I was having a walk in the nearby forest.

​​Setting

• the person in the centre, main character: who? you? someone else?

​​Protagonist

where?

why?

what happened before?​

Things to know

Think of a problem to raise the readers' interest:

• somebody hurt, lost

• a misunderstanding​

• dialogue

• I felt.../ He felt...​

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Main body

Plot, problem, conflict

Describe 3 or 4 events that hold the reader's attention.​

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Then, the conflict comes to a turning point and the character(s) must face the problem.​

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Main body

Rising action, climax

The end of the story when the reader finds out what happens to the characters.

​​Resolution

Friends are important

Never give up!

Always be honest!

Good always wins​

Theme

Have you got a message to pass?

Is there anything important that happened in the end?​

Moral

Pleasant, inspired storywriting!