STEPS
Step 5: Congratulations! You’ve reached the final step of the writing process. Your hard work and attention to detail have paid off. Now is the time to send your story out into the world for others to read.
Publish
Key elements of the story and details that support them
Ideas
Define Exposition.
What you need to know. Background information is presented, main characters are introduced, and the conflict is established.
The characters you will create in your story represent this W.
Who
One of the 6 Traits of Writing: Structure, organization, and timeline of the story
Organization
Step 3: When you back and look over what you’ve written to see how well you’ve built your idea into a complete story; when you check your writing for proper use of conventions – spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation.
Revise/Edit
Descriptive words and phrases make the writing interesting
Word Choice
Define Climax.
The turning point in the conflict. Tension builds until the main character must make a decision or take action that determines the direction of the story.
Setting -- what type of scenery fits the backdrop of your story and how the setting feels -- relates to this W.
Where
The way an author wants the reader to feel while reading. It can be created through the setting of the story.
Mood/Atmosphere
Step 4: In this stage of the writing process, you make any improvements needed based on your revision and editing. Then you check one last time to make sure your paper is free from conventions errors – make corrections as needed.
Rewrite
The way sentences are written and flow together to tell the story
Sentence Fluency
The conflicts and challenges encountered by the characters. How they respond keeps the story moving forward.
Rising Action
This is the reason why you are writing a narrative.
Answers may vary: Because practice with writing skills is essential; because I said so; because the assignment tells you to write one; because you care about your life and want to do well in school + graduate, etc.
The one H involved in the writing your narrative process involves how you are going to tell it. You need to establish this, using tone, point of view, and pace.
Voice
Step 1: During this step in the process, you generate ideas, determine voice, and organize or arrange the elements to create a plan for a complete narrative.
Pre-Write
The tone or attitude the author takes to tell the story
Voice
The events that occur after the main character makes the key decision in the story.
Falling Action
The plot elements in your narrative relate to this W.
[Keep in mind, your narrative does not have to be long; it just has to have a clear beginning, middle, and end.]
When
Writers choose words that bring a scene alive by touching any or all of a reader's senses—sound, touch, temperature, smell, taste, and movement. This is called ______.
Imagery
Step 2: When you sit down to write the first ______ of your story, you use all the ideas you generated during pre-writing. Sentence fluency is important in this step because you are figuring out how to weave your ideas together into a complete story.
Draft
The use of proper spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar
Conventions
Define Resolution
The resolution is where all the questions are answered and loose ends are tied, providing a clear ending.
The What: the problem that the characters encounter with each decision they make; drives the story.
Conflict
*hint: 3 external + 1 internal
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Himself
Man vs. Society
Man vs. Nature