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Where do you get your writing ideas?
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Step-by-step Instructions for Writing a Personal Narrative
A personal narrative shares an important experience from the writer's life. Here are step-by-step directions to help you write a personal narrative.
1. Prewriting
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Select an important experience you had. Gather and organize details about it.
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2. Writing
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Improve your work by making sure the events are clear and well-ordered, and the voice is interesting.
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3. Revising
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Improve your work by making sure each step is clear and the process is complete.
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4. Editing
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Check for style and accuracy, and prepare a final copy.
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Students—
Read the winning short story!
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 Use the glossary to help find the meaning of literary words and writing terms that will help you think and talk about writing.
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To edit your writing well, you need to understand the rules. This library of quick, animated grammar lessons...
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