Starting with turning points -- Determining the dream of the story -- Letting other authors' words awaken our own -- Telling the story from inside it -- Taking stock and setting goals -- Flash drafting: putting our stories on the page -- What's this story really about?: redrafting to bring out meaning -- Bringing forth the story arc -- Elaborating on important parts -- Adding scenes from the past and future -- Ending stories -- Putting the final touches on our writing -- Reading with a writer's eye -- Taking writing to the workbench -- Stretching out the tension -- Catching the action or image that produced an emotion -- Every character plays a role -- Editing: the power of commas -- Mechanics -- Reading aloud our writing -- Transferring learning: applying narrative writing skills across the curriculum.