Fixing Narratives

Narratives are fictional stories. Narratives tend to use past tense and third person narration. The structure of a narrative is TOPES.

TOPES stand for Title, Orientation, Problem, Events and Solution. A title is a short phrase that talks about the main idea. Orientation introduces who, when, where and what. The problem is something that goes wrong in the story. The events are the steps taken to lead to a solution. The solution talks about the last steps for the solution and the new normal.

If the narrative has too much speech and dialogue, people add more narration. However, if a narrative has too much narration, people add more dialogue. This is to balance it out and make it more interesting To improve a narrative, people add more detail and fix the parts that are confusing.

To plan a narrative, people usually brainstorm what the narrative is about first. Then people start to get ideas of who the characters will be, the problem and the solution. People think about how they introduce the characters and setting the scene. The solution can either fail or succeed.

To write a narrative, people write sentences and paragraphs that are inspired by their ideas.

It is important to understand the process of writing and planning a narrative because it can expand someones knowledge and bring out their ideas. It is also important to improve the narrative to make it more interesting.

LI: To write a narrative.