Subject - English

Writing Skill

Story & Incident Writing

 Story Writing

• A story writing is a work of “fiction or imagination” that is

usually written in easily understandable grammatical
structure with natural flow of speech.

• Story writing is a creative activity which should capture the

attention of the readers.

• In view of exam you are given hints and are asked to develop
a story.

• You have no choice to choose the theme or characters but

you have ample scope to trigger your imagination and make
the story interesting to read.
 Points To Remember

• Unity of place – The setting of the story should be in

one location. Changing locations frequently
confuses the reader as it is a short story.

• Unity of action – The story should have a beginning,

middle and end.

• Write the story in past tense and maintain consistency

in tenses.

• Give a suitable title to the story.

• Add suitable vocabulary to narrate the story

effectively.
Develop a story in about 90 – 100 words with the help of the
following beginning “It had been two hours waiting for the train.
Ruhi was getting restless. Suddenly she………….”.

A childhood saved

It had been two hours waiting for the train. Ruhi was getting
restless. Suddenly, she noticed a child begging at the platform.
He appeared to be a little sweet boy who had a small bag on his
shoulder. She noticed a book in his bag. Ruhi was eager to
know where the child lived. There was still more than an hour
left for her train to arrive. So, she got up and started following
him. The boy moved out of the station and entered a slum
nearby. He entered into a house which appeared to be very
dirty and unhygienic place. There were other child beggars in
the house who were in the age group of 5 – 14 years.
 They were thin and weak. They had money but nothing
to eat. Just then, a burly man entered the house, the
children became quiet. He asked them the money they
had collected by begging.

The poor children handed all the money to him. Ruhi

understood that it was a racket of child beggars. She
felt pity for those small children. She decided to inform
the police. The police reached that place and arrested
him. And the children were sent under the protection of
NGO from where they would be sent to their homes.
Ruhi felt relieved and was appreciated by everyone. She
was later rewarded by the government for her effort in
rescuing the children.
Develop a story in about 90 – 100 words with the following ending
“………..the two friends realized their mistakes and decided to
become good friends once again”.
Touching friendship

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert.
During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one
friend slapped the other one . The one who got the slap was hurt,
but without saying anything, wrote on the sand ; “ today my best
friend slapped me”.

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they

decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped, got stuck
in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After
the friend recovered, he wrote on a stone,“ today my best friend
saved my life”.
 The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked
him, “After I hurt you, you wrote on a sand and now on a
stone, why?”. The other friend replied “ when someone hurts
us, we should write it down on sand where winds of
forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does
something good for us, we must engrave it on stone where no
wind can ever erase it.”

From that moment onwards, both of them realized their

mistakes and embraced each other and became good friends
once again.
Narrate an experience in about 90 – 100 words with the help of the
following beginning “ I jumped out of the bed at midnight………..” .

A Midnight Robbery

I jumped out of the bed at midnight when I heard noise of an

opening of a door. I was scared and wanted to tell this to my
father. But instead, I walked quietly to the terrace from where the
noise had been coming. I saw the shadow of a man. I realized that
it could be no other than a robber. So, I ran to my father’s room to
inform him. My father came out with me. Since, it was midnight
and very dark, we decided to take a torch and a dog with us.

Then we all climbed up to the terrace to catch hold of the

robber but by the time we reached there he was already gone. My
father said that he must have gone away after listening to the
barking of the dog. But we all were amazed because the door was
still locked the same way as it had been before.
 The best part was that everything near the terrace was at its
right place. All’s well that end’s well. The robber wasn’t able to take
away anything because of our presence of mind and alertness. But
one thing that surprises me most is that whether it was really a
robber or someone else, because I have only seen a shadow, the
door was locked and nothing had been stolen.
 Assignment

1) Develop a story in about 90 – 100 words with the

help of the following beginning;
“It was a Sunday afternoon. We had gone for a
picnic. Suddenly, I found…………..”.

2) Narrate an incident in about 90 – 100 words with

the help of the following beginning ;
“ I was reading a book when I looked up. There in
the window I saw………………”