Narrative (1 page, typed, double spaced) Tell a story of significance to your family. Tell it in scene. For Miami Stories Event: Theme — Tell us your story: ◦“What it’s like to live in Miami. . .” Give us a scene about living in Miami now. Give sounds, colors, names of place and people. Give us the year, the season, the weather. Include dialogue, setting, gestures The story you tell could be one that you witnessed or one that was told to you. Do not state the story’s significance. It must emerge from the details or actions narrated. Tell the story as it comes to you, but tell it in scene, moment to moment. It could be a memory or a story of when you were a child or a story told about a relative or sibling or a parent. Be sure to have: 1.setting/ location 2.time of day, 3.year, 4.season, 5.gestures (people sit, stand, move), 6.dialogue (one line per speaker, tags ‘he/she said’) Use past or present tense but be consistent
