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These past weeks we have been looking at Narrative writing and read some fantastic pieces. Before, I thought Narratives were easy to write and they are just like telling someone your story. However,they are much more than that you have to choose the right tense,transition and many more things. So,it takes just as much time and work to write a Narrative like any other writing. The two main things I learned were avoid switching tenses and use transition words.

Usually Narratives are written from the author’s point of view using “I”. Often what pulls a reader toward the writing are the sensory images and details. It allows them to picture what is happening in the story. All this takes us to time and transition words,in order for the reader to imagine the event you need the time. Time is one of the factors that setting and helps the reader. If the author wants to go to a flashback,they can’t just switch the tense. It will confuse the reader,so transition words step in to help set the time and avoiding using past tense. An example would be if the author wanted to flashback in their childhood,instead of switching the tense they can use transition words. They can say “when I was 5 years old”,this tells the reader the time and the reader know its in the past tense. So,transition words play a vital role in Narratives.

A reflection can be another word for Narratives because often they are events from the past. The author reflects upon a memorable events in the past while using as much details as possible. In order to show the reader what happened. While I learned these rules,I had another question in mind. It was that “are narratives always about the author’s life?”. Throughout reading and learning more about Narratives I learned that narratives can be from autobiographies to diary entries or about someone else’s life. If the author feels the lack of experience,they can write about someone else’s life. So,its not necessary that a Narrative have to about the author’s life.

Although,I learned many things about narratives a question still lingers in my mind. What makes a narrative different from a regular story? How can you tell them apart?