Principles of narrative writing:
1. Natural order of events: usually beginning-middle-ending, but can be rearranged as long as it makes sense
2. Vivid descriptions through imagery: "Show rather than tell" using sensory experiences like visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, thermal, and kinesthetic imagery
3. Consistent point-of-view: maintain the same perspective throughout the story for better narration
4. Consistent verb tense: use past tense for events that already happened, present for current events, and future for upcoming events
5. Narrative devices: techniques like anecdote, flashback, time stretch, time summary, flashforward, and dialogue add depth to the story