Mastering the 6 Modes of Narration

Who It’s For: Writers who want to greatly enhance their storytelling skills and write more engaging and memorable manuscripts.

What It Does: You’ll learn how top authors flow seamlessly between six Modes of Narration to keep their readers engaged – and how you can do the same.

What You Get: Lifetime Access to the Full Workshop + PDF Handout.

“But wait,” you say. “I have 10 things that need repairing and a wrench can’t fix any of them.”

“Sorry,” he replies. “I only have wrenches. You’re telling me there are other tools I can be using?”

It’s fair to say that his career as a handyman will be spectacularly unsuccessful. And that you’ll be calling another handyman.

OK, but what does this have to do with writing?

Actually, it has everything to do with becoming an excellent writer.

That’s because great writers have multiple ways to tell a story and can shift from one to another seamlessly, assuring that every word in their manuscript works just they way they need it to.

These special tools are called MODES OF NARRATION

If you want the ability to keep readers glued to the page, drive emotion and drama and create unstoppable forward momentum, you need to learn how to use this technique.

And now you can.

The Crucial Modes of Narration You Need to Know:

The quality of your writing is the direct result of the choices you make as a writer.

Many of these choices are familiar to you. First person point of view vs. third person. Present tense vs. past tense, and so on.

But what sets certain writers apart is their ability to tell their story in exactly the right way at exactly the right moment.

To do that, they shift seamlessly between these vital Modes of Narration:

• Narrative Summary condenses information quickly. For example, do readers need to watch your main character wake up, brush their hair, ask for breakfast, get dressed, and walk to school? Or can you simply write: They made it to school with 5 minutes to spare.

• Dramatic Action is the opposite of summarizing plot. Here, readers view what’s happening live on the page while witnessing events in real time.

• Dialogue allows readers to eavesdrop on what is being said in the moment.

• Description includes what a setting might look like at large (letting readers scan the room in an almost 360-degree fashion) or via a dominant impression (focusing in on one object or detail), as well as what another character looks like in terms of appearance or their facial expression.

• Reaction can be external (visually witnessed by the reader via something physical such as riding away on a bike or kicking the enemy), or internal (access given to the reader through the thoughts and feelings of a character).

• Factual Exposition are statements about how a system or the world works. For example, one character might state how to take down a wizard, or that a spell ends at midnight. These facts allow readers to believe your story is plausible.

Simply put, Modes of Narration are the the tools that make your writing come alive, and allow you to create at a much higher level.

Understand these Modes – and when to use them – and you’ll be galaxies ahead of most other writers. In fact, you’ll be writing the way your favorite authors have for decades.

Meet Kate Penndorf & Valerie Heller, two craft experts who make even the most difficult writing topics accessible and easy to grasp.

Kate & Valerie are founders of the thriving community Much Ado About Writing.

Kate is a published middle grade author, writing coach and developmental editor. Valerie is a writing instructor, workshop presenter and a lead writing coach for the Bloomberg Arts Internship Program in Baltimore.

Both are contributors to Children’s Book Insider and have served as active leaders in their regional SCBWI chapters.

In Mastering the 6 Modes of Narration, Kate and Valerie will unveil the secret top writers use to create excitement, emotion and flow.

Spend one Session with Kate & Valerie and you’ll have a universe of storytelling possibilities at your fingertips, ready to be deployed in every manuscript you write from now on.

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Mastering the 6 Modes of Narration: Learn the Secret Used By Top Authors to Create Excitement, Movement & Flow