Structure of Story
V V Important!
You are meant to be working on TWO separate narratives (points-of-view) that LINK INTO EACH OTHER. (See example essay to get the idea)
This means the structure / plot / plan of your story should be like this:
Person 1: Getting ready
Person 2: getting ready
Person 1: Checking travel
Person 2: Checking travel
Person 1: Setting off
Person 2: Setting off
Person 1: Catches bus
Person 2: Bus doesn’t show
Person 1: Sitting in bus thinking about the night
Person 2: Starting to panic
Person 1: Getting into town, wondering if he/she is going to be there first
Person 2: Trying to phone, but battery is dead.
Person 1: Arriving at cinema and checking time… 5 minutes to wait?
Person 2: Run back to house, realise don’t have mobile number… grab bike?
Person 1: Check time. 7pm. No sign…
Person 2: Start cycling… sweaty… ugh!
Person 1: 5 past. Not too worried yet.
Person 2: Traffic lights and bad drivers trying to kill you.
Person 1: 10 past. Not funny. Check phone.
Person 2: Chain come off bike. Ditch bike and run? Fix chain, get covered in oil?
Person 1: 7:14. Film about to start. See different friend headed to cinema.
Person 2: Fix chain, wipe hands on jeans. Oops.
Person 1: Chat to friend…
Person 2: Back on bike… over bridge… almost there.
Person 1: Agree to see film with other friend. Turn in to cinema.
Person 2: Turn corner just in time to see ‘date’ going into cinema with someone else. Give up. Go home…
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