Writing | Narrative

Narratives are fictional stories. Narratives usually use past tense and third person. The structure of a narrative is TOPES, which stands for Title, Orientation, Problem, Events and Solution.

To plan a narrative, people often start with identifying the main characters will be, the problem and how the characters will solve that problem.

The next step in planning a narrative is to think about how to introduce the characters and let the reader know what is happening, why it is happened, when it is happening, where it takes place and sometimes how it is happening. This is called the orientation or the introduction.

After that comes the problem.  A problem is something that goes wrong in the story. To plan the problem, people can brainstorm and list their ideas and then choose the one that is most suitable.

Then comes the events. The events are what the characters do to solve the problem. To plan the events, come up with brief ideas for events and add onto those ideas to then come up with events. People could also make changes to those ideas to then finalise the events.

The final part to planning a narrative is to come up with a solution. The solution is the last few things the characters do to solve the problem. The solution could also include a new normal. To plan the solution, people start by writing down rough ideas and then changing those ideas to then create a new normal.

It is important for a person to know how to plan a narrative because having certain skills within writing can impact a persons life, and can give that person knew opportunities which can then expand their knowledge.

LI: to write a short narrative.