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January 10, 2024January 8, 2024Aishwarya M

A Lesson on Beginnings Before Teaching Narrative Leads

When students do not think through the point of entry into their story, they pick the first thing that occurs to them, and this almost always means that the memoir gets narrated chronologically; any potential for flashbacks or other transitions in time is unexplored. 

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