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Climax: Bringing Together The Essential Components Of A Novel
August 11th, 2011 | Characterization, Climax, Plot, Storytelling, Style | journalpulp | 2 Comments
A good novel consists of four primary components, all of which interact in an interdependent and symbiotic way. Those elements are plot, character, theme, and style. (The recapitulation of theme-and-plot combined is what I call The Situation.) Of those four components, the first three are primarily concerned with subject-matter, and the last — style, which […]
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Characterization (Part 3)
July 27th, 2011 | Characterization, Literature, Plot, Storytelling, Style, Theme | journalpulp | 3 Comments
Characterization is a presentation of the personality of the people who populate a story. Characterization is primarily a depiction of motivation and motive. The reader must understand what makes the characters act in the way that those characters do. It’s been said that one of the truest tests of good literature is when you can […]
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Good Stories, Unoriginal Plots, Timeless Themes
July 14th, 2011 | Plot, Style, Theme | journalpulp | 4 Comments
There are 32 ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there’s only one plot: things are not what they seem. – Jim Thompson. Anthony Burgess was even more stringent: he put the number of possible plots at about five. So what distinguishes one plot from another? Or, to put that question […]
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Climax: Bringing Together The Essential Components Of A Novel