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Story Writing

A story is basically a narrating of real or imaginary events, involving real or imaginary people. A
story needs to be represented in words necessarily. Even images or moving pictures (movies)
can narrate a story. A story is generally designed to entertain, and/or send a message across.
The length of a written story will depend on the format, whether it is a novel, novella, short
story etc. The length of a story has no bearing to its quality. Take for example the famous writer
Ernest Hemingway. He was once challenged that he could not write a story in six words. But he
delivered his story: “For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn”.
Structure/Format of a Story
While there is no given format as such for story writing, there is a basic structure one can
follow. It helps construct a story in an understandable manner and keeps the flow of the story.
Beginning: The beginning or the introduction of a story is of essential importance. This is the
part where you can hook the reader and capture their attention. You must have come across
some often used beginnings to stories like, “Once upon a time” or “A long time ago”. However,
you can get more creative and begin your story with intrigue.
Character Introduction: Your story will depend heavily on how well you write your characters.
To develop your characters, you can use dialogues as well. But you want to keep the dialogues
limited in the shorter format. Also, do not include unnecessary secondary characters, every
character of the story must have a purpose.
Plot: Here is where the actual narration of the story will happen. The events that occur or the
description of the situation will be written in the plot. A plot must always have a conflict, which
is the focus of any story.
Climax/Conclusion: And this is where the story will come to its logical conclusion. If there is a
plot twist, this is where you will include it. Always end your story in an interesting manner.
Some Points to Keep in Mind
1: Make sure you give your story an exciting and appropriate title. A title is the first impression
you made on the reader.
2: Make sure that the facts you include in your story are accurate. You can take creative license
while writing your story, but do not change universally accepted truths and facts.
3: The story must flow fluently. If there is a series of events taking place, make sure the flow has
some order. The reader must not be confused.
4: Do not use very flowery language or overuse complicated words. The best stories are written
in uncomplicated verse, so as not to distract from the plot.

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