Creative Writing

Fiction

Imagined facts about the real world to create a story

Elements of Fiction

Character, Plot, Point of View, Setting, Conflict, Theme

Character

The main person of the story

Characterization - Description of personality or appearance of the character

Kinds/Types of Characters

Dynamic Character, Flat Character, Round Character, and Static Character

Dynamic Character

Characters who changes and evolve throughout the story line

Flat Character

Character does not face any development

Round Character

Characters that are complex

Static Character

Their overall personality/character does not falter even in the face of hardship

Plot

Most essential part of a story

Freytag’s Pyramid

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution

Exposition

The start of the story in which we are introduced to the characters

Rising action

The introduction of the problem

Climax

The most interesting part of the story

Falling action

The conflict is resolved

Resolution

Ending of the story

Types of Plot

Conventional Plot, Episodic Plot, Flashback, and In Media Res

Conventional Plot

Uses the Freytag’s Pyramid

Episodic Plot

Has series and episodes

Flashback

The story comes back to the past

In Media Res

The story starts in the middle of the plot

Point of view

Which perspective the story is being told

Types of perspectives

First Person, Send Person, and Third Person

Types of Third Person

Limited Omniscient POV, Omniscient POV, and Objective

Limited Omniscient POV

We only see/hear the thought of one character

Omniscient POV

We are able to see/hear the thoughts of all the characters

Objective

We are unable to see/hear the thoughts of any of the characters

Setting

It sets the overall mood of the story line

Key features of a Setting

Place, Time, Weather Condition, Social Condition, and Mood/Atmosphere

Conflict

Key point of a story as it is what makes the story interesting and move

Types of Conflict

Internal Conflict and External Conflict

Kinds of Conflict

Man vs Man, Circumstances, Nature, Society, Self, Supernatural, Fate, and Technology

Theme

Central idea or message of the story

Various modes of fiction

Figures of Speech, Other Literary Devices, Description, Dialogue, Thoughts, and Exposition

Other Literary Devices

Foreshadowing, Flashback, Juxtaposition, Sensory Imagery, Tone, Mood, and Symbolism