WRITING A

NARRATIVE
 WRITING A NARRATIVE

• Narrative writing is writing that has a story,

characters, conflict, and other essential parts
of a story.
• Narration is storytelling
• The author of a narrative seeks to record a
series of events, usually in order in which
they occurred.
 WRITING A NARRATIVE

• In chronological order
• A detailed description of a place where
action took place.
• The writer may tell about the sights and
sounds, the flavor and scent
• Description is utilized in the narrative
 Parts of Narrative Writing

• Character
• Conflict
• Plot
• Setting
• Theme
 STRATEGIES
• #1 – Learn from the experienced
• #2 – Read a lot
• #3 – Practice regularly
• #4 – Ask for Feedback
• #5 – Watch movies and TV shows
 Narrative Writing Prompts

• Narrative Prompts #1 – Fantasy

• Create your own world and write a story about a
modern civilization as if magic is and has always
been the norm…until someone from the outside is
discovered to be marvelling at its wonders, as if
they’ve never seen it before.
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• Narrative Prompts #2 – Science

Fiction
• Write a story about a doctor who was
just replaced by a machine to diagnose,
treat, and even operate on patients.
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• Narrative Prompts #3 – Romance

• Write a story about two people who
have been friends since childhood,
though their families have promised
them marriage to others despite
them being in love.
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• Narrative Prompts #4 – Dystopian

• More than a thousand years have passed
since it happened—since one man
disobeyed government orders to destroy
his research into a nanobot technology
after he discovered how to make them
think.
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• Narrative Prompts #5 – Mystery
• Your character receives a call that seems
ordinary, from their doctor, about a
recent test they took. When your
character goes in for the appointment to
discuss, their regular doctor is gone—
missing…only to turn up dead days later.