TECHNIQUES TO WRITING A GREAT STORY
Just as a
good soup must have certain ingredients to make it delicious and tasty, so also, a
captivating and interesting story must also have certain techniques to be captivating
and keep the reader interested.
Below are
the techniques needed to make a great story:
a. Action: this
is what you or the character did/does in the story. To write this, you need to
ask yourself a question. What did I do? Write down the actions done in details. Unfortunately most of us write stories
with just actions - actions only will make your story boring.
a. Feelings/Emotions: Here you add details of how you or the character you are writing about
feels, their thoughts and what they are worrying about. Writers should know
that everyone has a reservoir of emotions. At one time, our readers have been
happy, sad, angry, and hungry. The only way to tap into their emotional reservoir
is to express the feelings of the characters.
a. Description: This
is when you give the reader details of what you see, hear or feel. The reader
wants to see the setting of the story, the characters and things happening
around the writer. This can only be possible when you describe, giving your
reader a mental picture of what you are talking about. By describing, you give
life to your story.
a. Dialogue: What
did you or the characters in your story say? These are the exact words said by
the characters. It must be inside an inverted comma or quotation marks. Example
“Where
are you coming from?” grandpa said with a frown on his face.
A dialogue enables the reader to know the character’s personality. However, you must be careful not to fill your narrative with dialogues.
When these
four techniques are applied, readers are interested and writing becomes
captivating. So, when next you are writing a narrative, let this four
techniques come in handy.
Have fun
writing and teaching!
Esther
Chibuzor,
Your Writing
Coach.
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