Narrative writing examples

See the Seven Steps difference with these narrative writing examples!

One of the best ways to learn is to see examples and explore what works in effective writing. In this free writing examples collection, you’ll find:

• Before and after examples – Model how to improve a piece of narrative writing using the Seven Steps techniques. Annotations using Seven Steps terminology provide actionable feedback to students.
• Student writing examples – See the winning primary and secondary student entries from our narrative writing competition. Competition categories included writing a story, poem or diary entry using Step 5: Show, Don’t Tell; writing a short story or script for TV or radio using Step 4: Dynamic Dialogue; planning and writing a short story using Step 1: Plan for Success; and creating a comic strip or manga using Step 3: Tightening Tension.
• Mentor texts – Show your students examples of the Seven Steps techniques in published texts and videos. These handy lists are sorted by Step and include notes about how each text/clip demonstrates a particular Seven Steps technique.
• Story graphs – Demonstrate how narrative texts follow a basic structure with books we’ve plotted on the Narrative Story Graph.