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Creative Narrative Writing Workshop

Plan, draft, and revise a short narrative set during a ferry trip. Use the mini-scene and your own ideas. Write in complete sentences, and make choices that help your reader picture the events.

Build the story

Use this mini-scene as a starting point: Gabriela, Madison, and Ethan are on a ferry when a sudden gust sends a waterproof envelope skidding across the deck. It stops beside a closed gate leading to a crew-only stairway. The ferry is still far from shore.

1.Which narrative element tells the reader where and when the story happens? Choose the best answer.

Setting
Conflict
Dialogue
Resolution

2.Match each narrative craft choice with what it can help a writer do.

Sensory detail
Dialogue
Pacing
Conflict

Give the character a problem to face
Help the reader imagine the scene
Reveal what a character says or thinks
Control how quickly events unfold

3.Choose the transition that best signals that time has passed: “The envelope slid under the bench. ___, the ferry’s horn sounded.”

For example
A few minutes later
On the other hand
In the same way

4.Write one sensory detail that could make the ferry scene vivid. Include a specific sense and a concrete detail.

5.True or false: A character’s actions and dialogue can reveal personality without directly telling the reader what the character is like.

TrueFalse

Plan and draft

Choose what is inside the envelope and decide why the crew-only stairway matters. Your story can take an unexpected turn, but make the characters’ choices believable.

6.Plan your main character’s goal, one strength they can use, and one worry that could make the situation difficult.

7.What is the central conflict in your version of the ferry story? State what the character wants and what is in the way.

8.Write two lines of dialogue between two characters. Use punctuation correctly and let the conversation show a difference in their opinions.

9.Draft a narrative of about 150–200 words. Establish the ferry setting, introduce the envelope problem, build tension through the characters’ choices, and end with a resolution. Include dialogue and at least two sensory details.

Revise like a writer

Reread your draft. Make at least one change that helps the reader follow or feel the story.

10.Improve this sentence by replacing the vague word “went” with a precise verb and adding one sensory detail: “Gabriela went across the deck.”

11.Name one revision you made or would make to strengthen your draft. Explain how it helps the reader.

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