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Tips For Writing Narratives

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  • What specifically did the person do?
  • How well did they do the task?
  • What was the significance to the University?
  • In a couple of sentences, what specifically did the person do to go above and beyond their normal job duties to earn a nomination?
  • Write in specific terms, but be as brief as possible.
  • Read the narrative questions all the way through before you begin writing so that you get a feel for the type of information to include in your narrative.
  • Please keep your narrative to no more than 2 pages.

Questions may be directed to:
Oyin Jones Mitchell, Employee Development and Wellness Services
1 Park Place, Suite 308, ext. 3-3296 or
rewards@gsu.edu