I’m using Mind Maps to help me organise my thoughts on writing a great story! Mind Maps are diagrams to help us create several ideas linked to one main.

• I’m using Mind Maps to help me organise my thoughts on writing a great story! Mind Maps are diagrams to help us create several ideas linked to one main topic.

Biography Auto Biography

Fiction Non - Fiction

Writing

Love ( Yuk! ) Adventure

Scary ‘Horror’

Historical

Types Of Story

CharactersProtagonist: The Main Character

Antagonist: The Villain/Baddie

Minor Character

The Plot

Introduction (1)

Main (2)

Conclusion (3)

• A plot is a sequence of events that make up a story, I can make them as long and complicated or as short and simple as I like!!!

Date/Time/Era – Past, Present Or Future – time period?

Location/Scene – use your five senses: taste, touch, smell, sight & hearing!

A Theme perhaps?

The Setting of My Story

The Setting Continu

ed

Some examples

The Hobbit: A hole

Underground

Harry Potter: Platform 9 and 3/4

Danny the Champion of the World: A

caravan in a filling station.

First Person: I,

We or My.

Third Person: He, She, They

or One.

Who is the Narrator/Story

Teller

Description – A description

using adjectives

How Shall I start my story

Dialogue – A Conversation

Action – Straight into the Action

Why ?

Who ?

Where ?

What ?

When ?

The Five W’s

By walking off into the sunset ?

By living happily ever after ?

By waking up from a dream or nightmare ?

By disappearing into the distance

forever ?How Shall I end my

Story

There could be a sequel or it

could be a Trilogy !

The End…

Thank you for watching,

By Aman Khawaja 5P.