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Story Writing - How To Write?

The document provides guidance on writing short stories for students in classes 9 and 10. It discusses the key elements of a short story, which are characters, setting, plot, conflict, and theme. It recommends keeping characters and settings brief but vivid, focusing the plot around a single conflict, and ensuring the theme resonates with most readers. Overall, the document offers tips for crafting short stories, such as hooking readers from the first line and connecting events sequentially to strengthen the plot.

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Story Writing - How To Write?

The document provides guidance on writing short stories for students in classes 9 and 10. It discusses the key elements of a short story, which are characters, setting, plot, conflict, and theme. It recommends keeping characters and settings brief but vivid, focusing the plot around a single conflict, and ensuring the theme resonates with most readers. Overall, the document offers tips for crafting short stories, such as hooking readers from the first line and connecting events sequentially to strengthen the plot.

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Story Writing - How to Write?

English Story Writing for Class 10 - Story writing is a part of the writing skills
section of Class 9 and 10 English paper. It is a topic that involves creative
writing. Here, we will discuss the format of a story writing and the steps to write
a short story for students of class 9 and 10.
 
See: Enquiry Letter Format - English Letter Writing Skills - Class X & XII
 

What is a story writing?


 
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.
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).
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.
 
See: Report Writing Format, Topics, Samples
 
The golden rule for selecting characters in story writing is “Fewer are better”. A
story writing would more effectively convey its meaning if it has very few
characters – one protagonist, one other main character and no supporting or side
characters would be ideal.
Animating character with perfect adjectives and examples are a must however,
typically while writing short stories, do not fall overdo the characterization.
Time frame and place constitute setting of story writing. The setting is often
decorated with descriptions of scenes such as super market, bedroom, crowded
metro train, or drizzling evening… again unlimited list. These descriptions are
very important to make reader immerse in the plot.
Unit of time frame may vary from hours to days to weeks to years. The golden
rule in selecting time frame for story writing is “keep it shorter” and “have it
single”. Story writing that has setting of few hours may typically be clearer and
more effective than with setting of few months or years.
vividly describe surroundings. must be absolutely clear and very importantly be
appealing to five senses of your readers. Be poetic, use suitable adjectives,
script dialogues, or even deploy side characters… do whatever you need to
ensure that the reader lives your story while reading.
Plot is flesh and muscles of story writing. It comprises events and characters’
actions. More creatively you describe and logically connect the events and
actions, stronger the plot would be; and stronger the plot you create, better
interest would it generate among readers. A plot has start, body and end that are
linked sequentially by events and character actions.
 
See: English Writing Skills - Class 10, 12 Letter Formats, Email etc
 
You must so choose a start that your reader gets hooked to the story. create
confusion or question in readers’ mind by first line of your story. Your reader
must try to get answer from best of her ability and experience but she should
finally end up digging into subsequent lines of your stories to quench her
temporarily aroused inquisitiveness.
Central idea or main belief presented by a story writing is called theme. It is
skeleton or frame of your short story that is decorated by plot, setting, conflict
and characters.
 

The five key elements (or stages) of a


Story Writing are as follows-
i. Character
ii. Setting
iii. Plot
iv. Conflict
v. Theme

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