SHORT STORY WRITING

PREPARED BY

ROLGIN JOSE K

TGT ENGLISH

JNV KADAPA AP

INTRODUCTION

• A story writing is work of “fiction or imagination” that is usually written in “easily understandable grammatical structure” with “natural flow of speech”. Story writing is meant to be read at single sitting and therefore it should be as direct and brief as possible.

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INTRODUCTION

• Typically story writing has five key elements – Character (fewer is better),

Setting (brief but poetic and vivid),

Plot (as simple and interesting as possible),

Conflict (intense but one),

and Theme (relating to majority of readers).

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INTRODUCTION

• A character is someone or something that takes part in actions depicted in the short story. It could be a living person, a dead person, a ghost, an imaginary character, a robot, a dog, a toy… unlimited list.

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INTRODUCTION

• Questions may be given in two ways
• 1.Beginning of the story may be given and you have to complete it in any way possible. Here you have the freedom to take the story in any way you like.

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INTRODUCTION

• 2.The outline of the story is given. Here you have to develop the outline into a story. The sequence of events is given with characters. Here you have no freedom to develop the story as you like. You should read the outline of the story and expand it. Do not fill in the blanks.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

1.To enhance creative writing skills

2.To develop the faculty of imagination and use figure of speech, literary devices, etc

3.To narrate sequence of events in past tense

4.To develop reading habit

5.To express feelings ,emotions, etc

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Tips to write a story

1.Read the outline of the story /or the cues given and understand what the story is all about.

2.Develop the points in the outline into complete sentences.

3.Follow the outline of the story.

Follow the sequence in which the points are given.

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Tips to write a story

• Do not omit any part of the outline.
• Do not include any unrelated or unnecessary parts that may change the story completely.

4.Every story has a beginning, middle and an ending.

5.Include details to make the story interesting and enjoyable to read.

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Tips to write a story

6.Write the story in the past tense.

7.Introduce dialogues or conversations to make the story engaging.

8.Choose a title that is related to the main characters or events in the story .It must be catchy and brief.

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Tips to write a story

9.Write the title using title casing, in which the main words-nouns,pronouns,verbs,adjectives and adverbs- begin with capital letters.

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10.Try to use figures of speech like simile,metaphor,etc to add colour to the story.

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Story Writing-Marking Scheme

• Word limit : 150-200 words
• Format– 1 mark (Title)
• Content – 4 marks (The story must start with the cue given in the question. There must be clarity of plot, logical sequence of events, well defined characters and an apt conclusion)

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Story Writing-Marking Scheme

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Expression – 5 marks (creativity, grammatical accuracy, appropriate words, spellings, coherence & relevance, originality of ideas and style)

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Let’s attempt a question now

• Write a short story in 150-200 words, with the help of the cues given below. Give a suitable title to the story.
• It was Mohini’s first day at the new school. She was feeling very nervous. She stood in a corner and watched the students who were laughing and talking excitedly. When she saw four senior students advancing towards her, she ... … …

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Transaction methodology

We have given some cues to the students now…

Let’s do the brainstorming…

One method is to get the story completed orally by one by one in the class…

This will enable the students to imagine and add sentences on their own…

Students can agree or disagree with the developments …

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Transaction methodology

Teacher will interfere necessarily and write developing cues on the board…

The best agreed developments of the story are accepted.

Finally combining everything together and ordering and adding figures of speech ,etc the students write the story individually or in groups.

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Transaction methodology

• Finally presentation is done in the class and errors are rectified by the teacher and the students.

The most acceptable and beautiful story is selected and a fair work is done individually.

The teacher does the correction work in their notebooks.

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STORY WRITING –A MODEL ANSWER

Things Are Not Always What They Seem

� It was Mohini’s first day at the new school. She was feeling very nervous. She stood in a corner and watched the students who were laughing and talking excitedly. When she saw four senior students advancing towards her, she got terrified and started going towards her classroom hurriedly.

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STORY WRITING –A MODEL ANSWER

• The four students caught up with her speed and cornered her. Drops of sweat rolled down her face as she muttered in a trembling voice, “Leave me alone”. They started coming nearer as they sensed her fear. Two tall boys and two girls of medium height looked at her and gave her spine-chilling terror. She wanted to run away like a mouse chased by a cat.

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STORY WRITING –A MODEL ANSWER

Before Mohini could shout, one of the girls covered her mouth and they all started laughing. Mohini was left astonished. To make things clear, one of the boys said, “We have been assigned the duty to guide you through the school and assist you to make you feel comfortable.”

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STORY WRITING –A MODEL ANSWER

They were coming nearer to introduce themselves and thought of playing a small prank when Mohini started running away from them.  Mohini breathed a sigh of relief and conveyed that she thought she was about to get bullied. They smiled at her and took her to her classmates.

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HOMEWORK

• The beginning of the story is given below. Write the story in 150-200 words.

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• Satish was standing on the balcony watching the last rays of the Sun. Loud and angry voices in the street below distracted his attention……

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THANK YOU

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