Narrative Writing

Winter Holiday Narrative

Complete draft due Tuesday, December 18. 500-1000 words.

Final draft due Thursday, December 20.

• Tell a story (with characters, events, at least one significant object) in first person.
• Include vivid and suggestive details about character, setting, and events.
• Reflect on the meaning of the story. Explain along the way how the story reveals your understanding of “the true meaning” of the winter holiday season to you.
• Narrate with a lively, intimate voice.
• Create a title that suggests focus and/or meaning (literal or symbolic).

Special issues:

• Choose present or past tense. Stick with it! Don’t shift from one to the other.
• When you shift time, place, or focus, start a new paragraph.