Writing | Narrative

A narrative is a fictional story that mainly uses past tense and third person narration. The structure of a narrative is TOPES. TOPES stand for Title, Orientation, Problem, Events and Solution.

The title is a phrase that tells the reader about the topic of the narrative. The orientation introduces who was involved, what happened, when it happened and where that event took place. The problem is something that goes wrong in the story. The events are the steps the characters take to try solve the problem, and the solution includes the last things the characters do to solve the problem and the new normal.

If the narrative is mainly made up of dialogue, people add more narration. If a narrative has too much narration, people add more dialogue in order to balance it out to make the reader more interested in the narrative. To improve a narrative, people add more detail and change the parts that are could make the reader confused.

To plan a narrative, people often brainstorm ideas what the narrative is about first. When they have a brief idea of the narrative, people start to get develop ideas of who the characters will be, what the problem is and the solution. People think about how they will introduce the characters and set the scene, and they choose whether the characters fail or succeed with solving the problem.

It is important to understand the how to write and plan a narrative because it can someone can use and apply that knowledge to their everyday lives. It is also important to know how to improve a narrative so that the reader will find it interesting.

LI: to write a short narrative.