Post-11: Writing your own stories

Dear All,

Are you fond of reading good stories? What makes them good and memorable? Discuss it briefly with one of your peers and share the summary of what you have discussed in the thread.

Next, I'm inviting you to write a story using a special story plot generator tool. I've explained below how to use it. hoping that you'll find doing this task interesting and will enjoy doing it and will create the stories everybody will enjoy reading.

Here is the explanation:


Follow the link below to access a form with the help of which you will be able to receive all the necessary elements for you to create a story.


http://writingexercises.co.uk/plotgenerator.php

You will get the following details:

The main character
Character 2
Setting
Situation
Theme
Character action

What you need to do is develop your own story, using this information. You will have 3 attempts at choosing the story elements if you do not like the first or the second one that is generated. Your story should be in the genre of your choice: for example, it could be a love story, an adventure story, a thriller or some other kind of story if you wish. You should be able to finish writing it during the class time and publish it in your blog.

After you have finished writing your story you should read one of the stories written by one of your peers and comment on it. In your comment consider the following things:

1. Is the story engaging and interesting to read?
2. Does it leave you with smth. to reflect on?

Looking forward to reading your stories.

Below I've listed a couple of dictionaries that might be useful for you to use while writing your stories:


MacMillan
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/

The Oxford English Dictionary: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/ 

Free Dictionary: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/
 
Good luck!

Comments

  1. Natalia EydelmanMay 16, 2019 at 7:32 PM

    Dear All,

    can you let me know whether you found creating your own stories useful in any way and if yes, what made it useful for you. Do you think you should have an opportunity to do such tasks during the course. Why or why not? I'd appreciate your answer. Thanks

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  2. DashaMay 16, 2019 at 7:42 PM

    Hello everyone, I think this task was very useful and I enjoyed writing it. I guess it can help to develop imagination. At the very beginning it was a bit difficult to make out the plot, but then it was OK. I can say that it was one of the most interesting tasks during the semester.

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    1. Natalia EydelmanMay 24, 2019 at 12:34 AM

      Hello Dasha,

      thanks for your feedback. Honestly, I was a bit surprised to learn that you found this task one of the most interesting ones over the course of the whole semester but having read the feedback from other students I realised that the majority of you liked doing it and found it worth doing. Well, I think I'm going to ask my future students to do this task too. Only maybe some time in the first semester, not the second one. It's my feeling that it is better to try to do it then.

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  3. Mariya GoloveyMay 16, 2019 at 8:19 PM

    Hello folks!
    I'd like to make a reflection note on this writing-story task.
    Firstly, I am a bookworm, so I dote on everything that is somehow connected with books. This task gave me a feeling of being a creator, author of my own composition, which is really inspiring. Even though the task was pleasant, it wasn't of much 'English learning value' for me, as I wrote a story based on my story-writing feeling and knowledge, I didn't study any tips or techniques before doing the task.

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    1. Natalia EydelmanMay 24, 2019 at 12:40 AM

      Hello Masha,

      thanks for your reflection. Your feeling and knowledge are, of course, important, and it is very good that you used it when writing the story. However, you could have also used something new because it could give you a new experience.

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