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Rules of Narrative Writing

The document provides tips for writing effective short stories, including: 1) Short stories should create an emotional connection with readers and be suspenseful, unpredictable, and show events rather than just telling about them. 2) Characters should be developed through their actions, dialogue, physical descriptions, and thoughts. 3) Winning short stories use stimuli seamlessly, think creatively, and develop characters, settings, and plots effectively. They employ descriptive language and figurative devices to engage the reader.

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Rules of Narrative Writing

The document provides tips for writing effective short stories, including: 1) Short stories should create an emotional connection with readers and be suspenseful, unpredictable, and show events rather than just telling about them. 2) Characters should be developed through their actions, dialogue, physical descriptions, and thoughts. 3) Winning short stories use stimuli seamlessly, think creatively, and develop characters, settings, and plots effectively. They employ descriptive language and figurative devices to engage the reader.

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RULES OF NARRATIVE WRITING

Features of best shorties


 Best shorties must have an emotional connection to the reader
 They must be suspense filled
 Vocabulary must de very descriptive using figurative language as well as appeal to senses
 Unpredictable so that it holds the audience attention
 More showing than telling
 Eg of telling : I am hungry
 Eg of showing: The smothered pangs of hunger assaulted his stomach
 A story where the person thinks outside of the box
 Character development
- Ways to developed character is through the usage of action, dialogue ,physical description,
idiosyncices ,special possessions ,thought shots
- Thought shits are where the author allows the reader to know what the character is thinking

According to Cesc English when given a sentence as you stimulus and not a picture you are not allowed
to do anything to the sentence it must be keep the same

Analysis of 2010 short grasping of death

Why did it win?


- Childhood innocence
- The perspective of the reader dictates how much description to use
- Pictures stories win more often than sentences
- The write thought outside of the box
- The seamless uses of stimulus

Analysis of 2008 best short story

Why did it win


- Description filled
- Clever usage of the name of the character, fruit and the setting of the story
- Development of characters
- Use of figurative language
Analysis of the 2022 best story
Why did it win ?
- Starts with action to engage the reader through the usage of action and description
- The use of dialogue must useful ( e.g. to communicate a feeling )
- The stimulus must be used correctly
- The sentences be used in such a way to build suspense
- Introduce the conflict at the earliest point to develop plot
- The conflict mutes be solved at the end

Analysis of 2007 best short story


Why did it win ?
-Seamless usage of the stimulus

- must be very descriptive

- ask yourself what the stimulus suggests. For example, if it says finally in the stimulus, it means that
something had been going on for a while and you story must reflect such.

-Don’t change anything about the stimulus

- it wise to include at the beginning of you story description of your feelings in that moment and develop
a setting to reflect such emotions

-The aim of setting is to create motion as well as atmosphere

- Your description of character must serve a purpose

- Do more showing than telling.it is the showing that increases the suspense in your story.

-it is wise to give a description of the voice and clothing our character before actually introducing the
character to the reader

-Colors can be used to evoke an emotion

-You must express a command of the language in your writing

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