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13 Story Writing
A story is a piece of writing with imaginary characters and events, which is written or
told in order to entertain. A story usually focuses on a plot, one or few characters and
a central theme.
Read a short story and fill in the details of the story in this story map.
Beginning Who are the main characters of the story?
Where does the story take place?
When does the story happen?
Middle What is the problem?
How are the characters trying to solve it?
End How is the problem finally solved?
What did the main character find out about himself/
herself?
Now, write a short story using these characters and setting. Take the help of the
story map.
1. Once upon a time, there lived a king and a queen. They had a beautiful princess…
2. The astronaut looked out of the window of his spaceship to see the moon had
changed colour…
3. The two best friends walked across the playground when they heard a loud,
crashing noise…
3. Let us see how we can frame a story from a series of pictures.
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