Breaking up our narrative in to smaller more workable pieces.
We are learning to write exciting 'orientations' in our narratives that hooks the reader in to our story:
We will do this by:
using descriptive language such as simile and metaphor to describe the characters and setting.
We will give our characters 'personalities' so that we either like or dislike them.
For example
Long ago on the island of Motuiti there lived a beautiful girl named Ngaro, her hair was the colour of golden sand and her eyes as blue as the turquoise sea. Ngaro did not care for her beauty because she was more interested in caring for her elderly father who had raised her by himself. Her mother had been viciously attacked and killed by sharks when Ngaro was a baby and because of this Ngaro was never allowed to go in to the water. Most of the people on the island also feared the water, as sharks constantly circled the island waiting to attack.
see how I have built the characters and created some background for the story.....
now go back to your writing and ask yourself.
Have I described the characters and the setting?
Have I given them some background information?
If you read this would you like to read on? Does it hook you in?
