[stylist] need inspiration

[LoriStay at aol.com]

sorry this will be too late to help with this assignment, but here are some 
of my techniques:
Journaling
To do this, your character must write in the first person, date each entry, 
and keep track of events which must happen just before he or she writes 
them down.
narrative
I put myself or my character in the situation, and let the story unfold, 
reflecting on events as they come up, usually in first person.

You would be surprised how something that happened to you as a child 
becomes a story when you dit down to write it.   It may not seem relevant or 
important to you looking back, but when you place yourself in it as it happens, 
you can see the significance.

Examples;   moving house, coping with a new neighbor, making friends.
                  starting school, getting lost coming home, getting found 
again
                  being afraid of a bully, facing your fears, making him 
your friend

These are all situations that children have to deal with, and all can be 
quite important in a child's life, and form a good story.   The more 
universal, the better.
Lori

In a message dated 9/19/09 1:07:49 AM, anastoff at wi.rr.com writes:


> If you are writing a story based on a
> personal experience, how do you develop it into a seven page
> story
>