Storytelling and feature techniques

NARRATIVE WRITING: Reconstruction of events in a way the reader feels as if he was presentDramatic account for a fiction or non-fiction storyUse dialogueThe 5 W'sWho is the character?What is the plot?When is chronologic?Why is motive?Where is place?

Reading to write

Good readers are good writers

Create factual stories written like fiction

Reporting tools

Observe carefully and gather details

Take notes of the dialogue that may help you

Write from general to specific

Writing tools

THEME

Concept that gives meaning to the story

DESCRIPTIVE TECHNIQUES

Avoid adjectives

Use analogies

Limit physical description

Avoid sexist or racist descriptions

Describe to make the reader feel as if he was present

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES

Gather all the information before hand and reconstruct the story in detail

Narrative is not fiction, Stick to the facts

Create and atmosphere

Create a tone

Seek fo unusual stories

Storytelling structure

Focus on the character and the problem he has to overcome

STAGE 1: Give the reader a reason to keep going

STAGE 2: What is the story really about?

STAGE 3: Include evidence

STAGE 4: Give a memorable ending

REPORTING TECHNIQUES

Establish a chronology

Gather detail

Ask questions to reconstruct the event

WRITING TECHNIQUES

Follow the chronology you established

Serial narratives

Texts written in a chapter form

ELEMENTS

cliffhangers

A character that deals with a problem

Development of a solution

Resolution

Organize the story

Past and present: What lead to the situation and its current status

Past: development of the situation

Present: return to present

Future: What lies ahead