Transition Words/Phrases for Narrative Writing

After                             subsequently                             at first

As soon as                       first                                         it began

Before                            second                                      it started

Next                               once                                         after that

Initially                           in the meantime                        during

Now                                later on                                     at the end

When                              in the beginning                        at last

Immediately                    after a while                             pretty soon

Meanwhile                       when we finished                      soon after

Last                                the last thing                            lastly

Later                              just then                        

Since                              before long

Suddenly                         after ___ minutes

As                                  when we were don

However                         right after

Whenever                       in an instant

Soon                               then