assignment 2

Narrative Structure

When writing a narrative, you can't just throw a bunch of details together and hope that the reader will understand. Narrative's have to have structure. Narrative's are telling a story so they have to be engaging and make sense to the reader. When telling a story, it's not just about telling point A, then point B. It's a story, sometimes our own and it needs life, and emotion. Otherwise it would be like hearing a story from Mr. Rogers over and over and over again. Boring, dull and lifeless. 

Underneath all the great detail, you will see a structure. A framework or blueprint if you will. Most narrative's follow the framework of starting with the setup or background for the story, next the conflict which is why the story is important and makes up the bulk of the story and then the resolution which is the finishing and concluding of the conflict. Then, underneath it all, Narrative's are written in chronological order. On top of this, many narrative's will have a flashback or a flash-forward to show significance to a detail or to an insight.