format of story writing
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Title: Should be catchy. Many a times readers try to guess what the story is about through its title.
The Hook ( A good and catchy introduction): The beginning lines are very important because the aim of the story teller is to catch the reader’s attention right from the beginning. It is best to jump right into an action.
The Body or the main part of the story: It should have the following characteristics:-
> Desire: The story teller creates a protagonist(the main character) of his story to achieve a goal.
> Conflict: The events in the story gradually build up towards some difficulty or a crisis or obstacles which the character must face in order to achieve his/her goals.
> Challenge and Obstacles: The protagonist must face obstacles and must face said backs throughout the story before he/she can achieve his/her goals
> Climax: The story must include a turning point where his/her difficulties reach a peak. It may be a situation which creates problems.
Answer:
Elements of a story:
1.Setting: The setting of a story is the place and time when a story takes place.
- Where?
- When?
2. Characters: The characters are the people, animals, or other creatures in the story.
- Who?
There are often two types of character in the story:
The Hero - Protagonist
The Villain - Antagonist
3. Plot: Plot is the sequence of events in a story. It has a beginning, middle, and end.
- What happened?
4. Rising action: To build interest and suspense The rising action progressively moves the story forward.
5. Climax: Rising action leads to the conclusion: at which point the central conflicts are fully resolved and the story ends.
- How was the problem solved?
- What lesson was learned?
6. Falling action: comes as a direct result of the climax. For example, if the climax involves the hero winning a car race, the falling action is the victory lap and all the accolades.
7. Resolution: Giving a satisfying end to the major storyline and to every character in the story.
Change Yourself and not the World
(PLOT) Long ago, people lived happily under the rule of a king. The people of the kingdom were very happy as they led very prosperous life with abundance of wealth and no misfortunes. Once, the king decided to go visiting places of historical importance and pilgrim centres at distant places. He decided to travel by foot to interact with his people. People of distant places were very happy to have a conversation with their king. They were proud that their king had a kind heart.
RISING ACTION : After several weeks of travel, the king returned to the palace. He was quite happy that he had visited many pilgrim centres and witnessed his people leading a prosperous life. However, he had one regret. He had intolerable pain in his feet as it was his first trip by foot covering a long distance. He complained to his ministers that the roads weren’t comfortable and that they were very stony. He could not tolerate the pain. He said that he was very much worried about the people who had to walk along those roads as it would be painful for them too! Considering all this, he ordered his servants to cover the roads in the whole country with leather so that the people of his kingdom can walk comfortably. The king’s ministers were stunned to hear his order as it would mean that thousands of cows would have to be slaughtered in order to get sufficient quantity of leather. And it would cost a huge amount of money also.
FALLING ACTION : Finally, a wise man from the ministry came to the king and said that he had another idea. The king asked what the alternative was. The minister said, “Instead of covering the roads with leather, why don’t you just have a piece of leather cut in appropriate shape to cover your feet?”
RESOLUTION :The king was very much surprised by his suggestion and applauded the wisdom of the minister. He ordered a pair of leather shoes for himself and requested all his countrymen also to wear shoes.