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Ze elements of ze Narrative

Ze elements of ze Narrative. aka the story. Overall, the narrative is. a mode of expository writing offering writers a chance to think about themselves reflect on their memories told from one point of view, typically that of the author’s, character’s, or narrator’s

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Ze elements of ze Narrative

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  1. Ze elements of ze Narrative • aka the story...

  2. Overall, the narrative is • a mode of expository writing • offering writers a chance to • think about themselves • reflect on their memories • told from one point of view, typically that of the author’s, character’s, or narrator’s • usually told in story form because it is based on story structure • therefore, it must include all aspects of storytelling conventions

  3. Storytelling Conventions • Plot: sequence of events within a play, story, movie, etc. • Introduction - characters and story presented • Problem/Conflict - events become complicated • Climax - turning point where reader wonders what will happen next. • Denouement - series of events following conclusion serving as the • Resolution - where issues brought up are resolved • “Don't let your focus be the Plot, which is the series of events and situations that occur along the route of your story. The Plot is a natural outcome of the seeds of your story—it emerges from your setup of the characters, their conflicts and the setting they occur in. You'll write a more powerful, believable story if you focus on seed planting long before you worry about the harvest.” - Peder Hill

  4. Visual Story Structure

  5. Storytelling Conventions Continued... • Setting: represents where and when a story takes place - sometimes sets the tone, or mood, of the story • Climax: the point of a story at which something important is revealed or discovered • Ending: (hopefully) resolves issues confronted during the story and especially the climax

  6. Storytelling Conventions Continued... • Character: someone within the story; typically there are main characters and secondary characters - protagonists and antagonists • protagonist: lead character who is in support of something • antagonist: main character who acts as an adversary of the protagonist; opposes that which the protagonist supports.

  7. The key to successful stories? • The key to characters being real is conflict! • Conflict drives the story. • Humans, by nature, typically resist any change, thus the inner/outer conflict. • Characters will have emotional journeys because they’re happy where they are - you, the author, are not. :) • Conflict should be both inner and outer and work together. • As obstacles come up and appear solvable and unsolvable, • the character should vary from hope to despair and back - this is REAL

  8. Your job • Write a short story, approximately 2-3 pages in length (when double typed). • Ideas: • pick a novel you enjoy and use the first line as your own. • practice dialogue by writing an entire story using only dialogue and make it an unusual conversation. • write a love story where the protagonist doesn’t get the girl. • pick a song that tells a story, and write the “actual” events that inspired the song. • write a love story between two inanimate objects, such as a computer and a pencil. • use the following line as the opening sentence and continue the story from there: and then she died. • SEARCH THE INTERNET

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