Enacting the Stories As often as you can have a story enactment day. After the story is read, the author directs its production. Seeing one's own work come to life, cooperatively with one's friends, is the ultimate, natural reward for the work of writing. Later still, they place actions into sequences that tell stories. After that, actions become logically related.
Regular enactment is the feedback an author needs to develop narrative writing skills.
The author chooses children to be the characters, both animate and inanimate, from among volunteers. Some of the finest drama I have seen came from children who tried to be a lake or a TV set. The author selects his or her own part and demonstrates it as well. Many children can act the same part. For example, twelve children can all be the fire.