Strategies for Generating Personal Narrative Writing

The writers in room 302 generated ideas for personal narratives today. They learned that one strategy is to think of a person who matters to you and list small moment stories connected to that person. Another strategy that helps people write powerful stories is to jot moments that have been turning points in your life. These might be first times, last times, or they might be a time when you realized something important. Then you take one of those moments and write the whole story fast and furious. Please ask your writer to share some of the ideas they have generated for personal narratives with you.