The art of story writing for PPDT and TAT

The first and foremost thing ---Observe the picture like an eagle does
Don’t miss out any details---Even a small thing can make a big difference
Practice ,practice, practice well in advance
My best tip—Write 5 diferent stories for a single picture(While practicing)
Use a variety of themes throughout your 12 stories in TAT
Bring positivity in the story(It’s a cliché)
Try to connect the picture to your real life incidents(Believe me this will make it very easy for you to write a story and also boost your confidence

Include name,place,occupation,age
Shouldn’t exceed more than 2 lines
Girish was a 21year old engineering student from IIT Madras.
Somnath was a 35 year old farmer from Bilaspur
Ali was an young BSc graduate from Delhi university who had gone to holidays to his village
….etc……..Hope you get it

Introduce the problem in the story.
This should also be a maximum of 2 to 3 lines
Write down how the protagonist saw the problem.
He had gone to his grandmother’s village. There he found out that there was no computer teacher in the school.So…..
While coming home he saw that a car dashed to a scooter and fled away.He…..
If you ask me what best makes a problem statement then my answer would be the SRT questions.How meticulously the problem statements are written.So have a look at them if you find it difficult to write the problem statement.This will give you more juice for writing.

This is the crux of the story.
Make this around 8 to 10 lines
Solve the problem or explain the steps taken by the protagonist in doing something
If its going for an adventure camp then you must write
Deciding the place,making your friends agree to come,arranging the equipment,arranging the transport,accommodation,food etc
Successfully going for the adventure activity and then completing it.Ensuring that everybody’s safety is ensured.Reaching back safely.
If its organizing a cultural event then you must write the following things
Deciding on the venue,number of guests,the itenary of the event,setting the stage,arranging for the technical aspects,auditions for the participants,hospitality for the guests,reception team,putting up a good show,managing the volunteers etc….
If its preparing for NDA written exam…
At first understanding the syllabus to be prepared,then filling the forms,making a suitable timetable to study and prepare,taking many mock tests in advance,identifying where you are wrong and correcting yourself.Then successfully writing and clearing the exam

Finally you have to end the story on a good note
This can be of 2 lines
The task gets completed or the problem gets solved. Everybody is happy and satisfied.There is development and prosperity.
So choose the conclusion according to the problem stated.
Don’t end the story abruptly and on a negative note
And don’t give prizes and gifts to the hero of the story in every conclusion as it will make you look like a reward seeking personality and gives a notion that you work only for rewards.

Use different names
By different names I mean names of different religions
Indians are too obsessed with Ram,Raju,Ravi etc.
So use Ravi,Rehman,Roshan Singh,Romeo also
This makes your stories more international and secular
Don’t always stick to agriculture and village stories
In today’s scientific era you can write stories on lot of things like social media,futuristic time travel,sci-fi stories,cyber crime etc
Write what you can do and not what you cant do.
Your hero is a normal human being so he can do only normal things.He cannot like 100 villians at a time like in south Indian movies
If you are distributing works to your friends in a task ensure that you execute whats the toughest thing and give menial tasks to your friends.Instead if you do the other way round then it will depict that you are running away from responsibilities.So be careful
For a blank story prepare it well in advance…
And for the images where the person seems to be thinking use your imagination to the fullest and write the story

I have attempted 3 SSBs
1 Recommended 1 Conferenced Out 1 Screened Out
NDA 2016(II) AIR 4(But medicals didn’t like me at all 😑😑😑)
Have written UPSC NDA written exam 4 times and cleared every one of them
I’m from Sainik School Bijapur( An Ajeet)
Presently pursuing engineering in computer science
Blogging is my hobby and air force is my passion
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