One detail that is important to keep in mind before starting the story is that it is like a SNAKE with its tail in its mouth. It has a beginning, a middle and an end. Some stories even end up in the same place they started. That's sometimes what makes the best stories! Don't be afraid to dare! Your story doesn't necessarily have to be the best of all. As long as it is interesting to read and that you have done your best writing it, it's all that matters!
A story that has a confusing structure will not motivate people to read it. If they do read it, they will be so concentrated to figure out what the story is about that they will lose the sense of the story. Rather than enjoying the story, the readers will be annoyed by an unclear structure.
Writing a story is not always as easy as it might seem! It involves a certain process through which the write must go. This process can be adapted to ESL learners when they are assigned to write a story. Here are few suggested steps to produce more successful work.
1- Preparing:
-Suggest student to think of stories that they reminisced. Have them think of what elements of that story made them like it so much.
-Have students jot down ideas of what they think would make a good story. Write specific lines that they would like to have into their story. Students should also think of what audience they want their story to reach.
-Suggest students to work in groups to share and discuss their ideas.
2- First draft:
-Have students gather up all their ideas in order to write a first draft of their story.
3- Revising:
-Suggest students to get to their initial groups to have their peers read and correct their first draft and make any suggestions, if need be, that they think would help make the story better.
Now comes the time to look for eventual mistakes in your story! Here are a few tips to make it almost mistakeless and even more perfect!
1- If you can, put your story aside for a few days or a few hours.
2- When you take it out again, read it over a few times and try to look out for your own mistakes.
3- When your teacher lets you some free time to work on your story in class, find yourself a partner that you feel comfortable with. You will have that partner read your story over. Partners are good, they can give you their own opinion about your story in general. For example, they could suggest that you choose another name for the main character. Most importantly, partners can find mistakes more easily because it is not their work! Think about it!
Evaluation Criteria
You will be graded on the following criteria:
1- originality: does the story sound like one that already exists? If so, was there plagiarism? If so, there will be no mercy in the evaluation! Plagiarism doesn't lead you anywhere!
2- accuracy: does the story holds itself? Do the sentences make sense? Do they follow a certain pattern or do they seem to have been added on just to fill out some room? After reviewing your story several times, it should be readable, especially if you had it read by a partner.
3- language use: were there mistakes left out that you could have avoided easily?
AND FINALLY,
4- presentation: did you put any images, drawings or any other element that might appeal to the eye and make the reader want to go further in reading your story?
Hey, why not be daring and publish! No, it's not too expensive! Some schools have the technologies needed to publish a book.
Aiming at publishing will make the whole task of writing the story much more meaningful to you, you will see. What if you do something really good? Your parents will want to encourage you. Then your brother's wife will want to buy the book for her own children as well. And your brother and his wife will talk about how great your story is to their friends. Therefore, they will want to buy the book also! Imagine! Spread the word!
By publishing, you would not only have the chance to brighten a child's day, but it will show to everybody how good of a writer you are. And plus, we never know, maybe you will discover yourself and want to become a writer. If it is the case, you will already have one step into the world of Creative Writing. But remember two things, "Writing is Rewriting" and "Practice Makes Perfect". Don't be afraid to work on your story several times!
Once upon a time long ago, even before the days of King Arthur, there lived a blacksmith only three feet tall. He was so short that he needed a stool to stand on to shoe the great steeds of the knights. This bothered him not a bit because although he was small he was very brave. In fact, in his heart he secretly longed to become a knight and win the hand of the Princess.
The Princess was the King and Queen's only child and it should come as no surprise that the little blacksmith loved her very much for she was both kind and beautiful. She was even smaller than he, and had dancing eyes and long silken hair which she wore in a coiled braid. But, alas, the little blacksmith could admire the Princess only from afar because she was, after all, a princess and he but a lowly blacksmith-not even that tall.
One day a terrible dragon came to the kingdom. Breathing fire on anyone who crossed its path, it trampled houses and burned fields. Many knights battled the dragon but their swords could not cut its thick scales. Each night it flew home to its cave in the mountains surrounded by a deep ravine.
The dragon was enchanted and protected by a magic spell. It said,
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