Choose a place or event. It can be anything you want. You can choose some interesting point in history such as when the Wright brother's built their first plane. You could choose to write about the history of your hometown (Yes, I am sure it has one). Anything you think is interesting will work. Mr. Gnagey tries to choose one event that is true and creates imaginary characters to experience it happening.

Research Once you choose a place or event it is helpful to do a little research to learn more about it. Research is looking up and finding information about a certain subject or place. When Mr. Gnagey researches places and events he looks for information about what the town or place was like then compared to now andwhat people thought about at the time the event happened.

You can find the answers to your research questions by talking to family members, going to the library, or using the encyclopedia. History books, newspapers and magazines are good sources of information as well as your local museum. Also, like right now, you can search the Internet for answers

Plan After Mr. Gnagey finishes his research he looks at his notes and thinks about how he can make the place or event the focus of his story. This is a very important part of writing. You already have a setting which is where the story takes place. The time period the story takes place in, sometimes modern day or in the past perhaps just day or night. Also, you need to choose your characters and give them names. You have to think about what each person's role in the story is. (Examples could be storekeeper, mother, farmer, or brother) and how they might act in this situation.

Write Once you have an idea about the object you want to write about and the characters in your story you are ready to start writing.

 

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