How do you write a great fiction story?

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How do you write a great fiction story?
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Great fiction stories have these parts

• A cool title
• Sentences that tell about the main character.
• Sentences that describe the place where the story
  happens.
• Sentences that tell about the big problem.
• Sentences that tell how the problem gets solved.
• An ending that wraps things up.

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Title
The Monster on Mabel Street
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Main Character
Hi, my name is Chuck and I am a guard dog. The
neighbor kids call me the monster of Mabel
Street. Im basically about the size of a small
horse. My hobbies are skydiving, barking and
chasing small children.
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Setting
The home I guard is a beautiful little place in
the suburbs. It is a two story house with a huge
backyard. My masters name is Hank. Hank is
married to a beautiful woman named Lucille. They
keep their yard very neat and cant stand it when
the neighbor kids come anywhere near the grass!
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Problem
One night in late October a group of particularly
ugly kids came to our house. Not only were they
loud and obnoxious but they walked right across
the lawn. Needless to say I was very mad. I
started barking and would have chased them for
blocks had I not been chained to my dog
house. They ran away and dropped food all over
the grass!
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Solution
This happened over and over until finally
my master Hank came out of the
house. I thought for sure he would reward me for
being such a good guard dog. Instead he told me
to calm down. He said, Its Halloween and its
OK for kids to come into our yard. I thought to
myself, Isnt this typical, old Chucks always
the last to know. Im hoping the next time Hank
does something special like this he lets me know
ahead of time.
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Now its time for you to write your own story!
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Main Character Ideas

• Describe what he looks like.
• Tell about his family.
• What kinds of things does he like to do?
• What is his personality like?

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Setting Ideas

• What does it look like?
• What does it feel like?
• What does it smell like?
• What does it sound like?

• City or Country?
• Cold or hot?
• Inside or outside?
• Night or day?

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Problem Ideas
Fiction authors often write about things that
happen to them in their real lives.

• Someone got mad at you.
• You had an argument with a friend or family
  member.
• Something got broken.
• You made a big mess.
• Someone got sick.

Be sure to tell how the problem made each
character feel.
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Solution Ideas

• To finish your story you must describe how the
  problem gets solved. Be sure and give lots of
  details and tell how each character felt after
  the problem is solved.

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Ending

• Tell what life was like for the main character
  after the problem was solved.
• Did he learn a lesson?

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Review
Your finished story should have these things.

• A cool title.
• A character description.
• A setting description.
• A problem.
• A solution.
• An ending.

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Grading Rubric
These are the things Ill think about when I
grade your story.