Elements of stories

ELEMENTS OF STORIES

FICTION WRITING

TITLE

The presentation of your story.

Every story has a title.

Provides an idea about your work.

CHARACTER

If you don’t have any characters, you don’t have any story.

“No believable carácter = No story” James Chartrand

Create characteristics

PLOT

What happen in your story

Good stories have a plot.

There is not story without plot, no matter how good is your character. (Reciprocity)

Write exciting plots, so your readers won’t get bored.

Inside The Plot

Subplots: A subplot is a secondary plot strand that is a supporting side story for any story or the main plot. Subplots may connect to main plots, in either time and place or in thematic significance. Subplots often involve supporting characters, those besides the protagonist or antagonist

Conflicts

Let’s Work

Read a short story and identify the elements on it.