Is ?Night Calls? Successful? If you were to research something similar to ?how to write a successful story?, you?d see that the essentials are often alike, such as having a clear theme, well-developed characters and an intriguing plot. There are different types of styles of writing, like narrative, second person, or first person. First-person is often used to explain events, and in ?Night Calls? by Lisa Fugard, the main character Marlene recalls what happened when she was thirteen and went to go visit her father. This story can be seen as a lyrical story which contains powerful emotion, and many half details that suggest many ideas to the reader. Taking in all the elements and the story as a whole, this story is successful.