Narrative Writing

Lesson # 2
Your words
create a world
Narrative Writing
- Telling a
story is what
you are doing
on a narrative
writing.
Narrative Writing
- writing that is characterized by
a main character in a setting who
engages with a problem or event
in a significant way. As writing
instruction goes, narrative
writing encompasses a lot:
author’s purpose, tone, voice,
structure, in addition to teaching
sentence structure, organization,
and word choice.
Narration
- Is creating a world based on the
writer’s imagination.

It is revisiting a world based on

the author’s memory.

- The reader is aimed to be

transported from one’s real world
to the reality of the story being
read.
EFFECTIVE NARRATIVE
- Something that makes the readers
think and compel him/her to read the
narrative again.
- To achieve this effectiveness, writers should
make sure that these narratives have the
following:
EFFECTIVE NARRATIVE
1. Vivid Description of Details
- Description is appealing to the five senses of the
human body (for a more in-depth discussion on
Description)
Remember: Show rather than tell!

Example:
Telling: Tom didn’t want to go to school today.
Showing: Tom threw his books into his bag, crumpling
his half- complete homework; he sighed.
EFFECTIVE NARRATIVE
2. Consistent Point of View
The three most point of views are:

1. First Point of View

2. Second Point of View
3. Third Point of View
 EFFECTIVE NARRATIVE
Consistent Point of View
The three most point of views are:

1. First Point of View- the character is

telling the story. You will see the words “I”,
“Me” or “We”. This is used to give the
writer’s personal perspective.

Example: If it was up to me, I would choose the

white car.
 EFFECTIVE NARRATIVE
Consistent Point of View
The three most point of views are:
2. Second Point of View- The writer as the
narrator speaking to the reader. The words
“you”, “your” and “yours” are used.
-some common uses for SPV are directions,
business writing, song lyrics, speeches and
advertising.
Example: In just a few simple steps you can
make a big change in your life.
 EFFECTIVE NARRATIVE
Consistent Point of View
The three most point of views are:
3. Third Point of View- has an external narrator
telling the story and the NARRATOR IS NOT A
CHARACTER IN THE STORY. The narrator is all
knowing. The words “he” “she” “it”, “they” are used in
this point of view.

Example: He is a great football player. He scored

the most touchdowns this season.
 EFFECTIVE NARRATIVE
Consistent Point of View
The three most point of views are:
3. Third Point of View- This POV can be
OMNISCIENT where the reader knows what all the
characters are doing in the story and the narrator knows
EVERYTHING.
Example:
 EFFECTIVE NARRATIVE
Consistent Point of View
The three most point of views are:
3. Third Point of View- This POV can be LIMITED
to having the reader only know what is happening to one
specific character and knows what the character only
knows.

Example:
 EFFECTIVE NARRATIVE
Consistent Point of View
 EFFECTIVE NARRATIVE
Consistent Verb Tense
- A consistent Verb Tense is needed to make clear to the
reader whether the story in the narrative had already
happened, has been happening for some time now,
happens on a regular basis, is currently happening
and will do so indefinitely or will happen sometime in
the future.
 EFFECTIVE NARRATIVE
Well-Defined Point or Significance
- A well defined point
or significance in any
narrative is
something akin to
the literary element
we came theme.
Narrative Techniques
 Narrative Techniques
Narrative Devices
- The use of Narrative Devices is a
technique writers utilize to add
flavor and enrich the meaning of
their stories. With these devices, an
author can shorten, lengthen and
focus on a particular event in the
story.
 Narrative Techniques
1. Anecdote
- An anecdote is a short story about a real person
or event, usually serving to make the listeners
laugh or ponder over a topic. Generally, the
anecdote will relate to the subject matter that the
group of people is discussing.

For example, if a group of coworkers are discussing pets, and

one coworker tells a story about how her cat comes downstairs
at a certain time every night, then that coworker has just shared
an anecdote.
Narrative Techniques
1. Anecdote
- there are brief narratives that are
written from the writer’s memory.
- It can be used as an introduction to an
essay, as an example to illustrate a point
or as a closing statement that caps
things off nicely in your essay or as a
memento to your reader that will make
him/her remember your narratives.
 Narrative Techniques
2. Flashback
- A flashback is an event that
happened in the past. As the word
itself suggests, you are “Flashing
Back” or quickly looking at
something that already had
happened.

- It is not necessarily the focus of the story; rather;

more of an addition to explain or to elaborate on a
point made by the writer in the narrative.
 Narrative Techniques
3. Time Stretch
- Is a single event in the
story that the author
focuses writing about
in which single event
is prolonged.
 Narrative Techniques
4. Time Summary
- Is characterized by jamming
together multiple events and/or
shortening a relatively long period of
time.
- Time summaries can be determined
with expressions such as “In a single
day…” “Overnight…” etc.
 Narrative Techniques
5. Flash forward
- - Is an event that has yet to
happen in the story. It is
“Flashing-forward” or a
quickly looking at
something that will happen
in the future.

- A flash forward is included in a narrative

to add meaning to a story,
 Narrative Techniques
6. Dialogue
- A word or series of words
enclosed in a pair of
quotation marks which
signal the characters’
spoken language.
Questions?
Activity #2

Draw an Island
 Step 1: Have a plenty of sheets of
long bond paper

1. Draw an island using the materials in any

shape and in any forms.

2. Give your island a name: “Basketball Island

etc. reflecting its shapes and characteristics.

3. Identify landmarks of your island:

“Mountains” “Valley”.
 Step 2: Imagine that you are
stranded on your island. You might
have been there for five days.

2. Write a five day diary of your adventures. Remember: Write

only one entry each day!
Day 1: Dialogue
Day 2: Time Summary
Day 3: Flashback
Day 4: Time Stretch
Day 5: Flash forward
Format for Script(Story) Writing:

Long Bond Paper

Portrait
Font Style: Times New Roman
Font Size: 13
Margin: Normal
Spacing: Normal
 Rubrics for illustration
Creativity 2

Originality 3

Importance 5

Rubrics for Narrative Writing

Application of concept
5

Originality 2

Significance 3