Self-study work

1. Pick a theme

Base your story around something you’ve already learned in English. If you’re still a bit uncertain around the language, this might seem difficult as you could find yourself limited to talking about pets, but you can still be creative about it. If you’ve learned about animal vocabulary for example, then set your story in a zoo. If you’ve learned about how to talk about yourself in English, have the story be about someone telling the reader about themselves.
This will give you a little bit of confidence before you start. It will encourage you to learn more words and vocabulary around the subject and will naturally make you revise what you already know.

2. Make a plan

No matter how short you intend your story to be, make a quick plan beforehand. This will stop you from getting lost and will help you spot any problems you are going to have before you start.
You might find it useful to make the plan in your own language first and then make your first task to translate your plan into English. This can be a good test to see if you are going to struggle with writing the story once you get more into it.

3. Pick a point-of-view

Decide how you’re going to tell your story. It is most likely that you will want to tell the story in the first person (ie. I did something) or the third person (ie. she did something). It is unusual for anyone to use the second person (ie. you did something) so don’t try and start with that.
Making this clear from the beginning will give your story with a sense of cohesion and keep it tied together. A single point of view like this will also make it easier for your reader

4. Write the actual story in English

With the plan, it might work out for you to write the plan in your language and then translate it. This is so that you can get your thoughts in order so you’re not trying to make yourself be creative and think in an unfamiliar language. Once you come to actually writing the story however, try and stick to English. Writing a story in English will force you to start thinking in the language more and you will get more out of the exercise if you’re not just translating everything.