Helpful Hints to Writing a Narrative

Writing a draft can have a lot of writing to it, such as outlines, notes, and lists. It's important to set up a schedule and have a certain amount of time for each step in writing a paper. Your best writing will come out when you're in a comfortable setting. To start a draft, it's best to freewrite about the topic. It's good to write the entire draft in one sitting, that way all your thoughts and ideas will come out at once. Sometimes you have to write one paragragh at a time, or one sentence at a time. The good thing about writing a first draft is that you can go back and change things. If you have writer's block, go back to trying to freewrite, or make a list of what you want to say. Having specific detail and descriptions, I think, is crucial in a piece of writing. It's what brings it to life and gives the audience a mental picture. Organize your descriptions in a way that the audience can alomst feel what you felt at that time. When writing a narrative, writers usually order events in chronological order, reverse chronological order, or as a flashback. Time markers and transitions help keep the reader on track. Narratives are a good way to begin or to end an essay. It draws the reader in. Another way to keep the reader interested is by using dialogue. As the book states, "Dialogue is a way of bringing in voices other than your own, of showing people and scenes rather than just telling about them."