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Start Strong 🟪 Write the event as it actually occurred. Have the characters face a problem in a specific place and time.

Use Your Imagination 🟪 Turn the real event into a made-up story.

• Change the names of the characters.
• Change where the action takes place.
• Change how the event begins or ends.
• Add more details to the story.

Bring Your Story To Life 🟪 Use sensory details, specific verbs, and dialogue to make your story seem real.

Read and Review 🟪 Does the story answer who? what? where? when? why? and how? Does the problem get solved in a realistic and interesting way? Add, cut, rewrite, and rearrange to improve your story.