Character setting and atmosphere Use imagery details and adjectives Introduce reflections(Thoughts and attitudes) Emotions (Feelings

and Memories) Descriptions ( Of people and places) Main character: Name age marital status occupation eye colour hair colour facial expression place of birth current address education body shape clothing hobbies family members. Sometimes a short simple sentence can be dramatically efective especially at the beginning or end or at a climatic momen. Complex sentences are generally the be st way of expressin gyourself with variety and economy and of proving your comma nd of English grammar. Avoi beginnign evey sentnece with its subject or using th en which is monotonous and unnecessary in chronological writing. Try not to repe at words and use interesting words whenever possible. Suspense is and important feature of narrative writing. Use setting and atmosphere situation of the character role of the dog use of noise and silence paragraphing Most narrative openings fall into one of the six categories: middle of the action setting the scene/atmosphere introducing the main character middle of dialogue shock tactics (unexpected) intrigue ( mystery) Endings shold reward the reader for having read your story. An anticlimatic pred ictable or overused ending such as and then I wokd up will disappoint the reader and weaken your composition. A satisfying ending can be: a short piece of humorous, dramatic or ironic direct speech (There is something i didn't tell you the can can talk) an unexpected twist The wasteland ends with the man discovering that his attcker was his own son. a return to the beginning eg repeating the first sentence or referring tot he ev ern which began the story happily ever after a cliff hanger no one knows if the ever learned the truth. a gloomy conclusion and that was the last time I ever saw my best friend. choose an ending which fits the moood of the story and proides conclusion. You dont w ant to sound as if you simply ran our of time space or ides . You should know yo ur ending before you start so that you can work towards it, without spoiling sus pense by giving it away. Dialouge can be used within a narrative as well as the beginnign or end Dialouge is most effective in narrative at points of tension drama and climaz. I t is pointless for everyday comments eg goodbye as it simply holds up the story without contirbutin anything to it it also ceases to ve effective if you see it too often and your wriring becomes s acript rather than a composition speech can help to convey characters personalities and relstionships especially if the cha racters speak in a diff style from each other. The rules of dialouge writing are as follows: Start a new line or paragraph for change of speaker Use double inverted commas at the beginning and end of the speech Use full stop, comms, question mark or exclamation mark at the end of every spee ch and inside the final inverted commas. Use a captiaal letter to begin a speech, even in the middle of a sentence. Use the same punctuation within s speech as you wold for ordinary sentences.

Composition plan Describe a blood red sunset and water below octover chilly evening, bride at the edge of town. give character deails of woman about to scream and her problems c ant cope with the horro of her life grief and loneliness poverty and starvation describe sound of scream using similes and effect on environment everything stop s and goes quiet . Describe couple on ridge there to enjoy view planning their w edding talk about the screamers past life youth hopes marriage children all lost dialouge from wathching couple embarrased and disapproving turn their backs and go home to warm family home and dinner as couple leave scremaer hurls herself unto rocks below couple dont notice Every pictuer tells a story I had to think quickly if i was to stay out of toruble continue this opening sen tence to s story.. the box no regrets and incredibl ejourney the lost letter which arrived to late write a story which involves a cat a shop a ticket and a robbery look before you leap