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According to the dictionary a Narrative is a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious. It shows a sequence of events over time. A narrative clearly and completely tells about the events in the story ( the writer must explain each event with lots of details). It has an audience other then the author or writer.

In class we had a writers workshop. Writers workshop is where three to five students get into a group and one at a time reads their writing piece then one at a time each member comments on the writing piece. It is important to remember that this is not a time for Q and A. Each student uses the Sandwich Theory (SBH 2007). The Sandwich Theory is where whomever is speaking begins with what they liked about the writing piece, make a suggestion, and then ends with a positive statement. This is not a time for editing, it is a time for suggesting word choice, and developing the characters and or concepts. Then the individuals rewrite their piece and last the students edit their pieces. We did a writers workshop on our MGP's. This was very helpful for all of us. It helped us extend on our concepts and make it more creative. It allowed us to receive some positive feedback which in turn made us more confident about our writing. I think it is a very good process especially with the sandwich theory.