Pinocchio

Geppetto, a poor old wood carver, was making a puppet from a tree branch. "You shall be my little boy," he said to the puppet, "and I shall call you 'Pinocchio'." He worked for hours, carefully carving each detail. When he reached the mouth, the puppet started making faces at Geppetto. "Stop that, you naughty boy," Geppetto scolded, "Stop that at once !" "I won't stop !" cried Pinocchio.
"You can talk !" exclaimed Geppetto.
"Of course I can, silly," said the puppet. "You've given me a mouth to talk with." Pinocchio rose to his feet and danced on the table top. "Look what I can do !" he squealed.
"Pinocchio, this is not the time to dance," Geppetto explained. "You must get a good night's rest. Tomorrow you will start going to school with the real boys. You will learn many things, including how to behave."
On his way to school the next morning, Pinocchio stopped to see a puppet show. "I
can dance and sing better than those puppets and I don't need strings," boasted Pinocchio. He climbed onto the stage.
"Get off my stage," roared the Puppet Master. Then he noticed how much the crowd liked Pinocchio. He did not say anything and let Pinocchio stay. "Here, you've earned five copper coins," the Puppet Master told Pinocchio.
"Take these coins and go straight home," said the Puppet Master. Pinocchio put the coins into his sack.
He did not go very far before he met a lame Fox and a blind Cat. Knowing that Pinocchio had money, they pretended to be his friends. "Come with us. We'll teach you how to turn those copper pieces into gold," coaxed the sneaky Cat.
"We want to help you get rich. Plant your coins under this magic tree. In a few hours they'll turn to gold," said the Fox.
"Show me where," said Pinocchio excitedly. The Cat and Fox pointed to a patch of loose dirt. Pinocchio dug a hole and put the sack in it, marking the spot with a stone.
"Splendid !" exclaimed the Cat. "Now let's go to the inn for supper." After supper, the Fox and Cat, who weren't really lame or blind, quickly snuck away and disguised themselves as thieves. They hid by the tree waiting for Pinocchio to come back and dig up the money. After Pinocchio dug up the coins they pounced on him.
"Give us your money !" they ordered. But Pinocchio held the sack between his teeth and resisted to give the sack to them. Again they demanded, "Give us your money !"
Pinocchio's Guardian Fairy, who was dressed all in blue and had blue hair, sent her dog, Rufus, to chase the Fox and Cat away. She ordered Rufus to bring Pinocchio back to her castle. "Please sit down," she told Pinocchio. Rufus kept one eye open to watch what was going on.
"Why didn't you go to school today?" she asked Pinocchio in a sweet voice.
"I did," answered Pinocchio. Just then, his nose shot out like a tree branch. "What's happening to my nose?" he cried.
"Every time you tell a lie, your nose will grow. When you tell the truth, it will shrink," said the Blue Fairy. "Pinocchio, you can only become a real boy if you learn how to be brave, honest and generous."

The Blue Fairy told Pinocchio to go home and not to stop for any reason. Pinocchio tried to remember what the Blue Fairy told him.
On the way to home he met some boys. "Come with us," said the boys. "We know a wonderful place filled with games, giant cakes, pretty candies, and circuses." The boys didn't know that if you were bad, you were turned into donkeys and trained for the circus.
It was not very long before the boys began changing into donkeys. "That's what happens to bad boys," snarled the Circus Master as he made Pinocchio jump through a hoop.
Pinocchio could only grow a donkey's ears, feet, and tail, because he was made of wood. The Circus Master couldn't sell him to any circus. He threw Pinocchio into the sea. The instant Pinocchio hit the water, the donkey tail fell off and his own ears and feet came back. He swam for a very long time. Just when he couldn't swim any longer, he was swallowed by a great whale. "It's dark here," scared Pinocchio said.
Pinocchio kept floating deep into the whale's stomach. "Who's there by the light?" called Pinocchio, his voice echoing.
"Pinocchio, is that you?" asked a tired voice.
"Father, you're alive !" Pinocchio shouted with joy. He wasn't scared anymore. Pinocchio helped Geppetto build a big raft that would hold both of them. When the raft was finished, Pinocchio tickled the whale. "Hold tight, Father. When he sneezes, he'll blow us out of here !" cried Pinocchio.
Home at last, Geppetto tucked Pinocchio into his bed. "Pinocchio, today you were brave, honest and generous," Geppetto said. "You are my son and I love you."
Pinocchio remembered what the Blue Fairy told him. "Father, now that I've proven myself, I'm waiting for something to happen," he whispered as he drifted off to sleep.
The next morning Pinocchio came running down the steps, jumping and waving his arms. I He ran to Geppetto shouting, "Look Father, I'm a real boy !"

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WRITING NARRATIVE

Definition
Generally, writing about an event in a personal way. Narrative writing is a style of writing in which a story is told from a particular point of view. It is generally fictional prose, though there are some narrative poems. Essentially, a narrative tells a story. In this respect it differs from, say, introsepctive writing. Writing that tells a story.Narrative writing, be it any type or genre, always follows a specific structure.
The five elements that form this structure are:
1. Setting - When and where the story takes place
2. Characters - Main character (protagonist) and other important people in the story
3. Problem - What challenge does the main character face
4. Events - How the protagonist tries solving the problem
5. Resolution - How is the problem ultimately solved
The general characteristics of writing narrative include:
• Plot - a literary term for the events a story comprises, particularly as they relate to one another in some type of pattern, a progression or a sequence, through cause and effect, or by coincidence.
The structure of the plot includes the introduction, some type of rising action, a climax, then the falling action, followed by the resolution.
• Conflict - is an opposition of people, forces, or other entities. When thinking about conflict, it's important to be clear about how the character deals with conflicts, by focusing on the contradictory emotions within a person that make them behave the way they do.
• Characterization - is the process of passing on information about characters in narrative or dramatic works of art. Characters may be presented by means of description through their actions, speech, or thoughts.
• Setting - is where the story takes place and is an important part of telling a story. The setting gives the story distinctiveness and is as important as the characters.
• Theme - is the unifying subject or idea of a story. It is the main idea, moral, or message, whether it be about ones life, or society in general.
Themes usually explore timeless and universal ideas and are almost always implied rather than stated explicitly. Along with plot, character, setting, and style, theme is considered one of the fundamental components of fiction.
• Point of View - focuses on who it telling the story. There are the views of the first person, second person and third person as well as the alternating person view.
While the general rule for novels is to adopt a single approach to point of view throughout the story, there are exceptions. Many stories, especially in literature, alternate between the first and third person. In this case, an author will move back and forth between a more "all knowing" third-person narrator to a more personal first-person narrator.
• Sequencing - a symbolic linear depiction known as a sequence or time line on how things and events unfold in a story. On occasion, novels will have flashbacks or flash forwards that disrupt the normal sequencing of a storyline.
• Transitions - a process or period in which the story undergoes a change and passes from one stage, action or activity to another.
I love to write fiction and am often asked how to get better at narrative writing and my answer is always the same.
By taking online creative writing courses, you become more accountable and creative writing ideas become a part of your day. These classes also offer creative writing tips that will do wonders for you as you set your writing goals.

Purpose
The basic purpose of narrative is to entertain, to gain and hold a readers’ interest. However narratives can also be written to teach or inform, to change attitudes / social opinions eg soap operas and television dramas that are used to raise topical issues. Narratives sequence people/characters in time and place but differ from recounts in that through the sequencing, the stories set up one or more problems, which must eventually find a way to be resolved.
Conclusion
Narrative writing is style of writing. most of that tell about story, fiction, short stories, etc. It has purpose amuse to gain and hold a readers’ interest.

Useful Source
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/narrative-writing.html
http://www.freelance-writing-success.com/narrativewriting.html

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