The template below is good for generating ideas and is not meant to be a formula or something to stick to in a strict way. It may serve as a good starting point for helping establish the key components of narration, including:
- coming up with a subject
- considering the purpose
- considering the audience
- establishing what happened
This template is not an assignment. It’s an example to help you generate ideas and to illustrate the way Personal Narratives are more formal and structured than Journal Entries.
Narration Template
- This is a story about _____.
- My story takes place in _____ when_____.
- As the narrative opens, X is in the act of _____.
- What happened next was _____, followed by _____ and _____.
- At this point, _____ happened.
- The climax of these events was _____.
- When X understood what had happened, he/she/they said, “_____”
- The last thing that happened to X was _____.
- My point in telling this story is to show that _____.