STORY OR EVENT SELECTION Name_______________________ List three potential specific events that you could make into a story:
Select one event and name a conflict or problem to start the action. List two people involved, the strong emotions that they have.
Tell what could be featured or reasonably changed to make the story more dramatic.
Explain what changes in or after the event.
List a character or imagined bystander who holds the opposite view of the main character. Describe the desired response from the listener. Tell what implicit moral or lesson is learned from this story.
Name any similar stories that exist in fiction or nonfiction. Dr. Nancy Mack Multigenre Research Projects Teachers College Press