- 2026 writing competition
Narrative writing – worksheet bundle
Overview
This worksheet bundle provides structured, student-ready activities to support each stage of the narrative writing process.
Designed to complement the student writing lesson plans, these worksheets guide students from generating ideas through to shaping plot, developing characters and refining their final piece. They can be used as standalone activities, small-group tasks or part of a complete writing unit.
The worksheets are suitable for classroom writing programs, writing competitions or extended creative writing projects.
Matching classroom posters are available to support and reinforce the concepts introduced in these worksheets.
What's included
The bundle contains printable worksheets covering:
- Genre detective
- Brainstorming time
- Cast of characters
- Grow your characters
- Setting images
- Setting the scene
- Plot it out
- It’s complicated
- This is the moment
- Who and when
The activities support explicit instruction in narrative structure, character development and language choices, while encouraging creativity and independent thinking.