We all know what it’s like to face that tyrannical blinking cursor on an empty screen.When you’re stumped about what to write, remember the five “modes” of fiction writing you can use: dialogue, description, exposition, physical action/staging, and interiority/commentary. In “Umbrella,” pay attention to each sentence. What “mode” does each use? Look at the line, “Had her inadvertent action shown the boy that she felt that she, too, belonged to him?” Which of the five “modes” of fiction is employed here? What specific style of narration is used?