Telling Your Story

Telling Your Story

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5Ws

What is happening? How and Why?

  • What is the purpose of the story?
  • Who is the intended audience?
  • What does the audience needed to know?
  • What are the important aspects of the story?

5 Parts of a Story

1. Exposition: This may be what is happening now, or what happened in the past.

2. Rising action: Something happens to set events in motion.

3. Climax: Events reach a point where something important happens.

4. Falling action: The immediate effects of the climax.

5. Resolution: The long term effects of the climax (often just hinted at in movies).

Characters: Who is it happening to?

  • Are there characters or people who need to be included in your article or story? If so
    • How are they important? Why are the important?
    • What is their role in the story?
    • If writing a story (fiction or nonfiction)
      • Why do they make the choices that they do?
      • IS character development part of your plot?

Setting and Time: Where & when is it happening?

  • Does the location have meaning to the story?
  • Does the time period have meaning to the story?

Theme: Why is it happening?

  • What is the purpose of your story and who is the intended audience?

Genre

Genre: What kind of movie or story are you telling?

  • History
  • Interviews or Biographies
  • Community Snapshots
  • How-tos/Instructional
  • Educational / Lifelong Learning
  • Events
  • Reviews
  • Stories
    • Horror
    • Sci-fi
    • Drama
    • Fantasy
    • Slapstick comedy
    • Documentary
    • Music or Drama