Write a Narrative Essay

Narrative essays are stories, like Star Wars but in written form. They focus on a main cast of characters and have things happen to these characters to move the plot forward. Usually the main characters are the protagonists, the "good guys." The antagonists are the "bad guys." However, some stories have the protagonist as the antagonist also. Good stories have a theme, the moral of the story. This is the lesson that you learn at the end. Fables have very clear morals.

Since essays are not the same as books, you have to write a short story. It could be a few pages long.

What will your environment be? Futuristic city? Rain forest? Alien planet? School? These are questions to ask yourself for where the characters will be. You don't have to just choose one. You can have many environments.

Who are the characters? Gender? Age? Personality? You don't have to have that many characters; you can have as little as one or two.

What do you want the story to be? What is the plot? Is it about people struggling in school? People who become super heroes? People who fight in a war? This is what the story will show.

What will the theme be? What is the lesson to be learned? Never pretend to be someone you're not? Don't take your friends for granted? You can look up themes to get an idea of what you want it to be.

No media is completely original. Directors and writers use their past experiences and media that they saw (movies, tv, books) and make their own version. Therefore, you can look at your favorite forms of media and what you liked about them and use it.