Narrative Writing is all about connecting with others.
When a reader finishes a story, you want them to laugh or cry…or even sigh in wonder or despair!
Narrative Writing Prompts
Picture prompts for fun and quick writing practice to develop your students’ writing one technique at a time.
How to use these Writing Prompts
These writing prompts follow the Seven Steps methodology of breaking down writing into Seven simple Steps. By focusing on specific skills of writing, students rapidly practise and develop each skill, ultimately building on each one to write powerful whole texts. Shorter, more collaborative lessons help foster a more creative and fun writing classroom that students love!
What are the Seven Steps?
Learn the full theory at a Seven Steps Workshop.
Step 1: Plan for Success
Thinking is far more important than physically writing. To be original you need to have LOTS of ideas, so brainstorm and practise generating ideas often.
Step 2: Sizzling Starts
Start where the action is. Not at the beginning of the day where nothing is happening. Begin when the volcano starts oozing lava or as you walk into the big disco competition. Try Sizzling Starts for FREE >>
Step 3: Tightening Tensions
You must believe the hero will fail. The tornado is too strong, the villain is too evil, the black forces of depression are too overwhelming.
Step 4: Dynamic Dialogue
Think of dialogue as a mini play in the story. Let your characters walk, talk or even stalk – that’s how we get to know them.
Step 5: Show, Don’t Tell
Don’t tell me your villain is evil, have them kick a puppy and let me figure it out for myself.
Step 6: Ban the Boring
Everyone knows you sleep, eat and travel… so why write about it? Ban all mention of the ‘boring B’ words – bed, breakfast and bus trips.
Step 7: Exciting Endings
Want to stop all the “and then I woke up.” endings? Simple, figure out the ending before you start writing.
Narrative Writing Resources
Explore other great narrative writing resources for your classroom
Narrative Theory & Insights
Learn the key narrative writing techniques that make the Seven Steps so powerful.
Narrative Writing Samples
See the difference the Seven Steps can make in these writing samples. Great to help your students identify different writing techniques and explore them in narrative texts.
Narrative Lesson Plans & Action Activities
Experience the difference the Seven Steps can make by introducing your students to a new narrative writing technique and then consolidating it into their muscle memory.
Learn it One Day, Teach it the Next
Unlock the simple and clear way to teach writing that’s actually engaging and fun!
Learn the full Seven Steps theory by attending a Seven Steps Workshop.
“So do-able! Can walk into class tomorrow and feel like the children will be set up for success!”
– Carolyn Matta, Guardian Angels Primary School
“So do-able! Can walk into class tomorrow and feel like the children will be set up for success!”
– Carolyn Matta, Guardian Angels Primary School
