A schedule for writing a narrative article

As with the earlier expository articles, you should try to follow a schedule for writing a narrative article–especially if you are taking Writing Class at college!  Usually, the teacher will give one week for the students to do the assignment; however, the students often try to do everything the night before the assignment is due.  This typically results in very poor quality writing.  If you can “space out” your assignment over time, you will produce better writing.
     Here is a possible schedule: 
Monday–Homework is assigned.  Choose a Topic, and a Title.  Do the “Brainstorming”.  Write a rough outline (that is, a General Narrative Article Plan), with a few rough ideas next to each heading; do not get detailed!  Think about it a lot, but in a “low-pressure” way. 
Tuesday–Write a detailed outline (that is, a Section Specific Narrative Article Plan).  Carefully consider the content, logic, and structure.  Ask yourself, can these notes be practically turned into a text, or are they “all ideas, and no substance”?  Think about this plan a lot, over the day.  Make “plan-notes” for each of the nine sections in the plan, one after the other.  (I recommend that you do them in order.) 
Wednesday–Write the 1st Draft of the narrative article.  Try to be alone, away from all distractions, when you do this writing. 
Thursday–Have a friend proof-read the 1st Draft, paying attention to structure and logic (only).  Afterwards, discuss the text together, and note the “constructive criticism”. 
Friday–Write the 2nd Draft of the narrative article.  Again, try to be alone, away from all distractions, when you do this writing.  You may agree or disagree with what your friend said.  Perhaps you will make small changes to the text, or you might re-build the whole story.  Remember, these narrative articles are much more subjective in tone than the expository articles, they follow a different structure, and they use a different language. 
Saturday–Have a friend proof-read the 2nd Draft, paying attention to grammar, spelling, and other technical matters.  Afterwards, discuss the text together, if necessary, and resolve any questions.  You might want a second person to look at the text, to “catch” writing errors. 
Sunday–Type the 3rd Draft.  Rest! 
Monday–Hand in the homework assignment.