How to make a plan for a work. We write well: from idea to book

Literary reading is a pain. The textbook is not bad, and well compiled. But as soon as I imagine WHAT you need to know for certification, it becomes bad. And there are two options: the first is to spit on the grade and study for your own pleasure, the second is to still memorize names and patronymics, correspondence of texts to sections and other things that are not very necessary in at this age"tinsel" behind which real literature and not visible. In the meantime, I took and studied the planning text for the teacher’s literary reading primary school and made a short note.

Textbook L.F. Klimanova

Learning Objectives:

• fluent expressive reading out loud, silent reading skill;
• ability to work with different types of information;
• active listening skills;
• formation of a moral and aesthetic attitude towards people and the world, interest in reading;
• the ability to independently select books to read;
• development imaginative thinking and poetic ear;
• broadening your horizons and the ability to express your thoughts in a coherent manner.

• be able to distinguish between texts: descriptions, reasoning, narratives;
• be able to correlate the title with the content of the text, determine the theme of the work, its main idea and additional information;
• be able to title the text, draw up an outline of the text;
• know: what is a fairy tale, story, riddle, proverb, saying, rhyme, joke, poem, comparison, personification, epithet, metaphor, rhythm, musicality of speech;
• distinguish literary texts from scientific and educational ones;
• be able to retell selectively, briefly (main idea) and completely (using quotes);
• read by role, write a summary and an essay.

At school on literary reading In the 3rd grade, 136 hours are allocated, that is, 4 hours per week. At home, we will probably have to study more.

But it’s interesting - goals that teachers set for themselves primary classes, or rather, the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. What should children learn from literature lessons? reading? It turns out, a lot. And this “much” is even partially unexpected for me. Judge for yourself:

• to create a sense of pride in one’s Motherland and the Russian people;
• promote the formation of an orientation towards humanistic and democratic values;
• to form a holistic view of the world in the unity and diversity of cultures and religions;
• education of artistic taste based on memorizing works of art. literature;
• development of ethics, goodwill, understanding, empathy, tolerance;
• initial adaptation to school (only in 3rd grade!);
• formation social role student, awareness of the meaning of learning, moral standards communication;
• cooperation with peers and adults, the skill of avoiding conflicts based on the works read;
• motivation for creativity, attitude towards healthy image life.

Meta-subject skills:

• set a goal and look for means to achieve it;
• planning, monitoring and evaluation of educational activities;
• the ability to act constructively in situations of failure and failure;
• the ability to find information in reference books, dictionaries, encyclopedias and other sources of information;
• the ability to analyze, compare, generalize, classify, establish cause-and-effect relationships, and reason;
• the ability to listen to your interlocutor, accept his point of view and defend your own;
• distribute roles in joint activities;
• resolve conflicts.

Study plan in accordance with the contents of the textbook

First books - 5 hours

• Have an idea of ​​the first printed books.
• Know what the books looked like Ancient Rus', the name of the pioneer printer, under whom the first book was printed.
  • B. Gorbachevsky. First printer Ivan Fedorov.
  • The first "ABC". Bible Instructions.

Life is given for good deeds - 19 hours

• Basic concepts of the section: action, honesty, faithfulness to the word.
• Explain the meaning old proverbs. IN AND. Dahl is a collector of proverbs.
• Proverbs different nations about a person and his deeds.
• Proverbs and sayings of the Russian people.
• Be able to explain sayings wise people and relate them to modern times.
• Be able to determine the theme and title of a book exhibition. Group books by subtopics. Present and justify your choice of book.
• Be able to read to yourself small text followed by a retelling of its contents. Read aloud fluently, consciously, correctly at a reading pace of at least 70 words per minute.
• Be able to independently select episodes and situations from the work to answer questions and tasks in the textbook.
• Know the definitions of terms " humorous story», « detailed retelling", "selective retelling".
• Be able to establish a correspondence between the author and the title of the work.
• Be able to write a review of a work you have read, divide proverbs into groups according to their meaning.
• Give an aesthetic and moral assessment of the actions of the heroes of the work, discuss these assessments.
• Know the definition of the term “parable.”
  • N. Nosov. "Cucumbers" The meaning of the action. Characteristics of the hero.
  • M. Zoshchenko. "Do not lie". The meaning of the action. Characteristics of heroes. Retelling.
  • L. Kaminsky. "Composition".
  • M. Zoshchenko. "Thirty years from now." The act of a hero.
  • N. Nosov. "Difficult task".
  • Parable.
  • V. Dragunsky. “Where has this been seen, where has this been heard?” Staging.

A fairy tale - 14 hours

• Basic concepts of the section: folk tales, sayings, fairy tale objects. Types of fairy tales.
• Be able to classify fairy tales into one of the types: fairy tales about animals, everyday fairy tales, fairy tales.
• Be able to explain basic concepts.
• Fairy tales. Be able to determine distinctive features fairy tale. Know the structure of a fairy tale. Be able to find magical events, objects, heroes, miracles, fairy-tale formulas of the beginning and end.
• Be able to briefly retell the content from the perspective of one of the characters. Determine what is the magic of a fairy tale.
• Describe the characters in the fairy tale and support your answer with examples from the text.
• Know about fairy tale illustrators.
  • Russian fairy tale. "Ivan is Tsarevich and Gray wolf" Planning
  • V. Vasnetsov. "Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf". Story based on the picture.
  • IN art museum. Mini essay
  • Russian fairy tale. " flying ship" Features of a fairy tale.
  • Russian fairy tale. "Morozko." Characteristics of the fairy tale heroes.
  • Russian fairy tale. "White duck" The meaning of the fairy tale.
  • Russian tales. At the behest of the pike...

Love all living things - 20 hours

• Basic concepts of the section: artistic and educational stories, author – storyteller, periodical literature.
• Determine the specific meaning of the concepts: artistic and educational stories, author-storyteller, periodical literature.
• Comparison of fiction and scientific - educational literature.
• Comparison of the text of a work of fiction and text from an encyclopedia.
• Read the text expressively, conveying your attitude to what you read, highlighting words that are important in meaning when reading, observe pauses between sentences and parts of the text.
• Features of a humorous work.
• Analyze the poem.
• Look for words in the text that express the author’s attitude.
• Determine the meaning of the title of the work.
• Know the works of V. Bianchi for children. Find words and expressions in a literary text that depict characters, events, and nature; make a plan for the text. Define truth and fiction in the works of V. Bianchi.
• Creating text by analogy. “Like a butterfly helped an ant get home.”
• Compose text using analogy.
• Ask questions about the text yourself, plan for composing the text.
• Know the author’s autobiography, be able to briefly retell chapters from the work.
• Compose short story about the hero of the work.
• Compare fiction and popular science texts.
• Divide the text into parts in accordance with the plan, retell the main events of the story in accordance with the plan.
• Retell the content of the work in detail and selectively.
• Know the names of scientific and educational magazines for children.
• Know children's periodicals.
• Familiarize yourself with the contents of the magazine.
• Review of a book about nature.
  • K. Paustovsky. "Badger Nose" Peculiarities literary text.
  • Retelling. Badger (from the encyclopedia).
  • V. Berestov. "Cat cat" Expressive reading.
  • B. Zakhoder. " Mischievous cat" The meaning of the poem's title.
  • V. Bianchi. "The Adventures of Ant." Truth and fiction in works.
  • O. Polonsky. "Ant Kingdom". Features of popular science text. Brief retelling.
  • Tim Sobakin. "Songs of Hippos." Posing questions to the text.
  • D. Mamin - Siberian. "Gray Neck". Hero of a literary text. Its features.
  • N. Nosov. "Karasik". The meaning of the heroes' actions.
  • M. Gorky. "Sparrow."

Pictures of Russian nature – 12 hours

• Basic concepts of the section: observation, landscape, means artistic expression.
• Examine the picture, describe the objects in the picture, talk about the picture.
• Read the poem expressively.
• Find means of expression in the text. Know definitions and be able to find tropes in the text: comparison, personification, epithet, metaphor.
• Know the author's autobiography. Know the algorithm for memorizing poems.
• Identify comparisons, personifications, select your own comparisons, personifications.
  • I. Shishkin. "In the forest in winter." Oral essay based on a painting.
  • N. Nekrasov. " Glorious Autumn" Means of artistic expression: comparison.
  • M. Prishvin. “The aspens are cold.” The technique of personification as a means of creating an image.
  • F. Tyutchev. "Leaves". Contrast as a means of creating an image.
  • A. Fet. "Autumn". The mood of the poem.
  • I. Bunin. "First snow". V. Polenov. "Early snow" Comparison of works of literature and painting.
  • K. Balmont. "Snowflake". Means of artistic expression to create the image of a snowflake.
  • K. Paustovsky. “Autumn has already settled in the garden.”
  • Pictures of nature in works of art. I. Ostroukhov. "A park". A. Savrasov. "Winter".

Great Russian writers - 30 hours

• Basic concepts of the section: fairy tale in verse, fable, illustration.
• Great Russian writers. V. Berestov. A. S. Pushkin. Brief retelling.
• Analyze poems.
• Know the biography of I. Bilibin.
• Read fables. Determine the main idea, moral teaching, morality. Know a few catchphrases. Explain the meaning of fables.
• Know the biography of great writers.
• Be able to present a book.
• Be able to dramatize a fable and convey the character of the hero through play.
  • A. S. Pushkin " Winter morning».
  • I. Grabar. "Winter morning". Comparison of works of literature and painting.
  • A. S. Pushkin. "Winter evening".
  • Y. Clover. Sunset in winter. Winter landscape with a hut. Comparison of a work of literature and a work of painting.
  • A. S. Pushkin. Neater than fashionable parquet...
  • P. Bruegel. "Winter landscape".
  • V. Surikov. "Taking the Snow Town." Oral essay based on a painting.
  • A.S. Pushkin. "The Tale of Tsar Saltan, his glorious and mighty hero Prince Guidon Saltanovich and the beautiful Swan Princess." Comparison with folk tale.
  • AND I. Bilibin is an outstanding illustrator.
  • I. A. Krylov. Fables. I. A. Krylov. "Elephant and Moska" Features of the structure of the fable.
  • I. A. Krylov. "Siskin and Dove." Features of the structure of the fable.
  • Great Russian writers. L.N. Tolstoy. Brief retelling of the article.
  • L. Tolstoy. "Lion and Dog" True story. Features of the plot.
  • L.N. Tolstoy. "Swans". Planning.
  • L.N. Tolstoy. "Shark". The meaning of the name. Planning.
  • L. Tolstoy. "Volga and Vazuza". Features of the genre.
  • L. Tolstoy. “How the geese saved Rome.” Features of the genre.
  • Our theater. I. Krylov “Quartet”.

Literary fairy tale - 19 hours

• Basic concepts of the section: literary and folk tales, preface, full and brief retelling.
• Correlate proverbs with the content of the work, find its main idea.
• Translated literature for children.
• Read a short text silently and aloud, followed by a retelling of its contents.
• Name the studied works of translated literature.
• Identify the features of translated literature.
  • V. Dahl “Girl - Snow Maiden”. Comparison with a folk tale. Features of a literary fairy tale.
  • V. Odoevsky “Moroz Ivanovich”. Comparison with the folk tale "Morozko". Comparison of heroes.
  • D. Mamin - Siberian. "The Tale of Sparrow Vorobeich, Ruff Ershovich and the cheerful chimney sweep Yasha." Heroes of the work.
  • B. Zakhoder. "Winnie the Pooh" (preface). Features of translated literature.
  • R. Kipling. "Mowgli." Features of translated literature. Heroes of the work.
  • J. Rodari “The Magic Drum”.
  • Tim Sobakin. "Moon Tale".
  • Yu. Koval. "The Tale of the Silver Falcon."
  • S. Mikhalkov “Stubborn kid”.

Pictures of native nature - 18 hours

• Basic concepts of the section: creativity, poem, story, mood.
• Know Yesenin's autobiography.
  • B. Zakhoder. “What are poems?”
  • I. Sokolov-Mikitov. "March in the Forest"
  • Oral essay on the topic “Melodies of the spring forest.”
  • A. Maikov. "Spring". E. Volkov. "At the end of winter." E. Purvit. " Last snow" Reception of contrast in the image of winter and spring. Comparison of works of painting and literature.
  • S. Yesenin. “The bird cherry is pouring out...” V. Borisov-Musatov. "Spring". Comparison of works of painting and literature.
  • S. Yesenin. "Good morning".
  • F. Tyutchev. " Spring thunderstorm" The technique of sound recording as a means of creating an image.
  • A. Vasnetsov. "After the rain". I. Shishkin. "Rain in an oak forest." Comparison of works of art.
  • O. Vysotskaya. "Dandelion". Z. Alexandrova. "Dandelion". Comparison of images.
  • M. Prishvin. "Golden Meadow". Comparison of poetic and prose texts.
  • A. Tolstoy. “My bells, steppe flowers...” Author's attitude to what is depicted.
  • Sasha Cherny. "In summer". A. Rylov. " Green noise" Comparison of works.
  • F. Tyutchev. "The clouds are melting in the sky." A. Savrasov. " Pinery on the river bank." Comparison of works of art.
  • G. Yudin. "Poets".
  • Ya. Akim. "How I wrote my first poem."

Scans of textbook pages:

Part one, photo one

Part one, photo two

Part one, photo three

Part two, photo one

Part two, photo two

Part two, photo three

As you can see, the amount of information is simply enormous! I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the title of the section does not always correspond to its content; I do not understand the logic behind the formation of topics and works for the textbook. But there is nothing to do - you will need to take certification, even two - after every six months.

Most likely we will:

• read works and memorize some;
• retell poems and stories;
• decipher terms;
• distinguish works by type;
• pay attention to the authors, memorize their biographies (really all of them??? You need to check with the teacher);
• teach last names, first names and patronymics of writers, poets and artists;
• correlate the author with the work, and the work with the section in which it was studied (is it really necessary?)
• write essays on paintings, summaries of works and reviews of books.

In general, literary reading will take place every day, except weekends...

Writing a story plan is a mandatory element of school education. It's hard to write without a good plan good story, so you need to figure out how to properly plan a story.

Outlining a Story

If you decide to start writing your own literary work, then, first of all, you need to organize your ideas. Remember to write down all information relevant to your work. It is difficult to retain a lot of information in your head, and it is even more difficult not to get confused in it.

1. Decide on the theme of the story.
2. Think about what subtopics you want to cover in your piece.
3. Make a list characters: their names, occupation, features of appearance and character, relationships with each other. For each hero you need to prepare brief description. The list of characteristics should resemble the one that precedes the plays, for example, Igor Ignatievich, landowner, 48 years old. Married to Natalya Igorevna. Loves hunting. After the shocks he experienced during the war, he stutters.
4. Starting from the main subtopics, write a detailed outline of the story. It should include not only the main points, but also sub-points of the second and third levels. To make your work easier, immediately write down the approximate volume of each part. The plan must be harmonious, its parts are interconnected in a logical sequence. Work it through carefully, then further work will be easier and the result will be of better quality. Good plan must convey the content of the story concisely and accurately.
5. When writing a story, try not to “lose” your characters and bring storyline each of them to its logical conclusion. One of the main keys to the success of writing a story is a successful climax and denouement. After all, they are the ones that remain in the reader’s memory after finishing reading the work.
6. After work on the plan is completed, you need to carefully check your plan (and subsequently the story) for various types of errors.

Plan of the finished text

Drawing up a plan - required component analysis of an already written story. It helps to remember the content of a work, structure its events in a logical sequence, and determine the relationship between individual parts.

1. First, read the story, determine its main theme, and highlight the names of the main characters.
2. Divide the text into four parts:
   • beginning;
   • plot development;
   • climax;
   • denouement.
3. These points will be the backbone of your plan. If necessary, divide each of these parts into several smaller ones, noting in your mind or in the text the beginning of each of them.
4. Re-read the first part. Give it a title. The name should be concise and succinct. Try to convey the essence of this fragment of the story in one sentence.
5. Do the same procedures with other parts.

Types of plans

Sometimes a task requires you to make a plan certain type. In order to cope with this, you need to familiarize yourself with the main four types of plans:

• interrogative Each point of the plan is a question, the answer to which conveys the essence of this fragment(Where did Taras go after school?);
• thesis. The content of the paragraph is expressed through the theses of the verbal structure - a brief formulation of the main position of a specific part, containing verbs (Taras went to the stadium);
• nominative. A plan of theses that are expressed by nouns (Taras at the stadium);
• basic plan. This plan consists of fragments of sentences that carry the main semantic load (Plan of Taras - going to the stadium);
• combined. Such a plan may contain several different types of plans.

Text composition

When drawing up a story plan, you should adhere to the classic composition:

1. Introduction - in this section it is necessary to familiarize the reader with the place and time of action, as well as some of the key characters.
2. Premise - describe the event that led to further development stories.
3. The development of actions is the largest part of the story.
4. Climax - highest point developments of events.
5. The denouement is the conclusion that tells how their actions turned out for the heroes.

As you can see, the ability to competently draw up a plan is an indispensable skill when analyzing and memorizing texts. Writing a good story will not be easy unless its structure is clearly and logically laid out in the form of a list of points and sub-points.

When the plan is ready, you can start writing the story. useful information on writing a story can be found in the article.

Make each of the plans?
Let's try to do this using the example of a story

A drop in the sea

We once caught a turtle in the sea. She was big, very big. Not a turtle, but a real house on clubbed legs.
We put this turtle on the deck. And she suddenly burst into tears. In the morning he cries, in the evening he cries, and at lunch, too, drip-drip... The sun has rolled into the sea - the turtle is crying. She feels sorry for the sun. The stars have gone out - she cries again. She feels sorry for the stars.
We also felt sorry for the turtle. We released her into the blue sea. Then we found out: she deceived us... She didn’t feel sorry for anything. Turtles cry because they live in the sea. The water in the sea is salty. The turtles cry out the excess salt from the water.

(According to G. Tsyferov).

Make a text plan
1. Read the work.
2. Determine the idea, that is, the main idea.
3. Formulate the idea in a few sentences.
4. Express the idea in one sentence.
5. Divide the work into semantic parts.
6. Title each part.
7. Read the names of the parts and check how accurately they convey the content of the text; did you miss any episode?
Types of plan
Questionable Abstract Nominative

Plan - reference diagram Combined

Question plan
The plan is written in the form of questions to the text. Each question is about one semantic part of the text. Questions should be asked in such a way that the answers to them help to restore the content of the entire text.
When drawing up a question plan, it is better to use interrogative words (“how”, “how much”, “when”, “why”, etc.) rather than phrases with the particle “whether” (“is there”, “did you find”, and so on.).
For example:
-Who was caught at sea?
-What was the caught turtle crying about?
- Why was the turtle really crying?

Thesis plan
The plan is written down in the form of abstracts*.
*Thesis is a briefly formulated idea of ​​a paragraph or part of a text.
Each thesis corresponds to one semantic part of the text. There are a lot of verbs in this regard.
For example:
- A turtle was caught in the sea.

- The turtle weeps out excess salt from the body.

Name plan
The plan is written in the form of abstracts that do not use verbs.
In terms of names there are many nouns and adjectives.
For example:
- Caught turtle.
- Turtle tears.

Plan - reference diagram
This plan consists of “supports”, that is, words and phrases, sentences that carry the greatest semantic load. Using the “supports” it is easy to reconstruct the text.
The choice of “supports” depends on the characteristics of your memory, goals and tasks that you set. Reference diagram Each person compiles it in such a way that it is convenient for him to use it.
For example:
-Turtle
- Tears.
- Salt from water.

Combined
Such a plan could combine different types plans.
For example:
-Who was caught at sea?
- The caught turtle cries all the time.
- The real reason tears of a turtle.

you have in mind write a story? The first... or the twenty-first... or the two hundred and first....

It's simple! The main thing is to have a plan - the first stage creative process, and then make a competent plan. This is what we will do today.

Brevity is the soul of wit

Agree, on the first days of the New Year, you don’t want to think about something global. And creative thoughts and images attack the brain - time is, after all, magical. Therefore, the idea came to me to speculate on how to write stories - works of small volume, but no less valuable than works of any other genre in literature.

By the way, one of the advantages of the work small form, in my opinion, is that anyone can start it and... finish it. Which doesn’t always happen with novels and even stories. 🙂

But it was not for nothing that the master of short stories A.P. Chekhov said: “Brevity is the sister of talent.” When writing a story, this phrase is more relevant than ever; you can pin it on the wall so that it is always before your eyes.

Writing stories is quite difficult. Many writers recognize this genre as one of the most difficult: it requires precision of construction, impeccable finishing of each phrase, significant meaning and high plot tension.

So, first, a few words about the genre itself.

Story– narrative epic genre with a focus on small volume and unity of the artistic event.

The story, as a rule, is dedicated to a specific fate, talks about a separate event in a person’s life, and is grouped around a specific episode.

The narration is usually told from one person. This can be the author, the narrator, or the hero. But in the story, much more often than in “large” genres, the pen is, as it were, passed to the hero, who himself tells his story.

Literary glossary

Three important steps from start to finish

It has been known since school that working on any literary work passes through three main stages:

• we make a plan,
• write the text
• we edit (at school they checked it for typos, errors, and inaccuracies).

Each stage can be broken down into even smaller ones. Today we will divide the first “elephant” into pieces.

By the way, if you are sure that you can write without any plans, I won’t convince you otherwise. Can. We grab the first thought we come across and develop it as it develops. Stephen King advises doing just that. But we will talk about this style of writing later. (People are different, and everyone will choose their own path in creativity). But in this article we will look at the classic approach, which begins with writing a plan.

In the next article on the topic “How to write a story” we will learn the basics of writing a text. And then we’ll get to know the secrets of editing your masterpiece (otherwise it will never become one).

Each of these stages is important in its own way, I recommend working through each one if you want to get a worthwhile product as a result.

Author's intention

Before you start writing a story, it is important to find the author's intent. According to the dictionary, idea– this is a planned plan of action, activity; intention.

Author's intention – this is the first stage of the creative process; arising in the writer’s imagination before the actual work on a work of art an idea of ​​the content and form of the future work, its main features and properties; the initial outline of the future work.

Dictionary literary terms. S.P. Belokurova. 2005.

Let's listen to what is born in our head. What thoughts do we have? What are we thinking about? What are we fantasizing about? What impression did the book you read, the movie you saw, or the article in the newspaper make? Is there a desire to structure or rewrite the work of another author differently? Do you want to put down on paper your neighbor’s story or your friend’s doubts? Or change the plot of your own negative situation?

• You can read about how ideas are born.

The author's plan, according to S.P. Belokurova, may “not coincide with the embodiment, may be completed or incomplete, embodied or not, change during the author’s work on his work or remain unchanged.” In any case, it must initially be there, otherwise there is no point in sitting down at the computer or picking up a pen.

Selecting material

There are different ways to help select material to work on a story:

• description of what he saw or experience. This is how journalists often work. Nevertheless, such descriptions also play an important role in writing;
• design. The writer comes up with a plot and characters, calling on imagination and memory to help. From the material you may need a description of the era and place where the heroes live, their clothes and equipment, activities and environment;
• synthesis. This is when the work is based on real events, but the author changes some details and moments and introduces speculation.

Which method do we choose to write our story?

Perhaps other important questions will help answer this question:

• What is the purpose of writing the text: to entertain the reader or to convey an important thought or idea?
• What will our story be about? What is its theme and main idea?
• Who will be the main character in the story?
• What will be the plot of the story? Does it correspond to the purpose of writing and the idea of ​​the work?

At first, we may not find answers to all questions. But they will force thinking to work in the right direction.

Making a story plan

Now is the time to pick up a pen and sketch plan. We write:

• idea story;
• sequence of events, which, according to our original plan, should happen (briefly but consistently);
• thoughts, which come while thinking about the topic (I know for sure that if you don’t write them down, they simply disappear and never return);
• names characters and their descriptions, titles objects and places; time when events occur. By the way, the article will help you figure out the names: ““.

Let's also decide whether the story goes:

• first person (“I”; the narrator is the character himself),
• second (“you”; narrator – reader; used very rarely)
• or third (he/she; narrated by an outside narrator; used most often). You can switch, for example, from a third-person narration to a first-person or persons narration, the main thing is to do it correctly.

When drawing up a plan (in particular, a sequence of events), we remember that the story consists from:

• introductions (main persons, location, time, weather, etc.);
• primary action (i.e. what started it),
• plot development (what events lead to the climax),
• climax of history (turning point in history),
• concluding action
• resolution (the central conflict may or may not be resolved).

This order may be violated. For example, you can start the story with a climax or omit the concluding action. But they say correctly: before breaking the rules, it is important to study them thoroughly.

That's what we do. See you!

Often in schools they are asked to write various essays and stories. The topics can be completely different, but what all such essays certainly have in common is a well-written plan, thanks to which you can write an interesting and logically completed story. Many people often ask the question: how to plan a story? Let's look at a few nuances that will help you with this.

It often happens that the theme of the story has already been determined, then planning and writing does not seem so difficult. But what to do when you have to come up with the plot and everything else yourself? Of course, inspiration is a great force, but it can also happen that inspiration does not come on time, and here the main thing to remember is basic fundamentals in writing any work. What is the most important thing when writing a story? Naturally, this is the plot. Therefore, when you are thinking about how to write a story outline, first decide what you will write about. It is best to choose a topic in which you are well versed or at least have some idea about the essence of the future story. If the topic is familiar to you, then you can move on. And if only general ideas, then it makes sense to sit through books and read additional literature on the chosen issue.

When you have finally decided on the topic and figured out what to write about, you need to think about the composition. Where exactly will your story take place? Don't forget that a story is short work, so you don’t need to tighten it too much. Write down the outline of your story on a separate piece of paper, preferably without errors or blots. Imagine that the plan you have drawn up will also be checked by the teacher. Everything should be distributed point by point. Have you decided on the composition? Amazing! Be sure to write everything down in detail so as not to confuse anything later.

When drawing up a plan, do not forget about the main characters of your work. Since in a story you must still take into account certain boundaries, the descriptions of the characters should also be quite concise. It is not necessary to describe on half a sheet what this or that character looks like; you can choose a few well-thought-out words that will characterize your character brightly and voluminously. Take your time, think.

You need to know not only how to outline a story, but also how to correctly reveal the essence of what you are writing about. When the topic is familiar to you, this should not pose any special problems, but in any case, it is best to write it down in the outline of your story summary in 2-3 sentences. When what you write about is in front of your eyes all the time, it will be easier for you to navigate in the future.

Don't forget that when writing a story you need to take into account smooth transitions from one action to another. The content of your work should not contain only a dry listing of facts that are only difficult to connect with each other. Remember to use different color techniques to make your story lively and interesting. Once you know how to plan a story, then there shouldn’t be any problems with the rest. It's best to write detailed plan to make it easier to write the story itself. If you make any changes while writing the plan, it will be very easy to make them and you will not have to rewrite the story there in the future.

The most important part of any story is the climax. This part should be the most vivid and memorable. Write down the outline of your climax. Something that will help you get the point across. Remember that the different parts of your story should not be very different from each other in size. There is no need to devote several pages to the initial part in order to devote only a few sentences to the climax. All parts must be harmonious in length and content, without rough or awkward transitions.

To make it more clear, let's look at a small example. Let's say you want to write about how you spent your vacation at sea. Let's decide on a name. You need to reflect in 2-3 words the essence of what you would write about. Then you need to outline the circle of characters in your story. Mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, friends - first put everyone on the plan. And then think about which of them is directly related to the events described. There is no need to describe what and who did if it does not in any way affect the essence of your story. If you want to write about some bright event that happened to you there, then you need to smoothly lead the story to this, without unnecessary harshness and sharp corners. And, of course, every story must have a denouement. As a rule, you can make a brief summary of all events, or some conclusions. There is no need to separate the ending from the main text.

So a correctly drawn up story plan is already half the job done successfully. Knowing how to write a story outline, you can safely take on the presentation itself. Let us once again briefly consider the basic provisions for writing a plan. We decide on a name and topic. Write only about what you know well, or before writing, study the relevant literature so as not to write about what you are not aware of at all. Then we select the main characters and briefly characterize them. No unnecessary details, everything should be to the point. When the composition, characters and plot are determined, we come to the climax - the most memorable part of your story. Then a smooth transition to the denouement and ending. Leave a very detailed plan for the future story with points and subpoints. The more detailed the plan, the easier the writing process itself.

Do not delay the description of any actions, otherwise it may ruin the whole story for you. Don't deviate from your plan. I repeat once again - knowing how to draw up a story plan, writing the story itself will not be a problem. A little inspiration and knowledge of certain skills will help you make your essays bright and unforgettable!

Best regards, Dedok Yurik.