Every story is
required to have a
setting for events to
take place, for the plot
take its toll.
A good example of a setting is in the book "1984"
the setting in this book is set as a broken,
futuristic world.
Atomspere/mood
Every good story has great atmosphere among its
pages. Atmosphere is required to give the book some
life, it gets the reader interested.
Example: A great atmosphere is
present in the book "1984",as I said
before the setting of this world is
broken and futuristic so therefore this
will already create a lot of tension, the
main theme through out the plot is
being watched, this can create a lot of
tension and stress among the
characters which feeds the readers
interest while also tampering with the
readers emotions.
Time
Time is very important
throughout a story, it sets the
feel of the story, when I say
time I mean whether the
story is set in Past, Present or
future.
Example: In "Romeo and
Juliet" the story is set in a
time long gone, its because of
this time setting we have the
story as back in that time
period arranged marriages
happened more frequently
and young love was common.
It is because of the time set
we have this classic. This is
why it is important to choose
a suitable time period.
Description
There are many different branches for description.
There is:
1)Adjectives
2)Terms
3)Sensual
Language
4)Structure
1)Adjectives: In descriptive language it
is important to use adjectives to make
the sentence more interesting for the reader.
Example: A quote taken from "Of Mice and
Men", "The water is warm too, for it has
slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in
the sunlight before reaching the narrow
pool". As you can clearly see adjectives add
interest to the sentence and they help
paint a clear image in the readers mind.
2)Terms:When I say terms I am referring to
terms such as "Simile", "Metaphor",
"personification, "Alliteration" and many more.
What these terms do is again add a nice flow to
the story, they make it more excitable.
Example:A quote taken from "Of Mice
and Men", "On the sand banks the
rabbits sat as quietly as little grey,
sculptured stones".This one sentence has
many of the told terms present, "Simile",
"Personification" and "alliteration", as
you can see this sentence has been given
a lot more life and has a nice tone of
language to it that gives off a good
atmosphere.
3)Sensual Language: It is important
especially if you are doing descriptive
writing that you use sensual language.
Sensual language is when you describe all
five senses. Without sensual language you
cannot fully describe an area properly as
using sensual language paints a clearer
picture in the readers mind while also gives
the story a nice flow.
Example: Quote taken from "Of Mice and Men", "There
is a path among the willows and among the sycamores,
a path beaten hard by boys coimg down from the
ranches to swim in the deep pool." In this quote the
writer uses one of the senses involved in sensual
language, "sight". You can clearly see that without
sensual language the sentence would be boring and
would not give the reader a clear image.
4)Structure: When writing a sentence
we always place the adjective before
the noun, but if we place the noun
before the adjective it can sometimes
effect the entire sentence making it
more intresting and adds a new
rhythem to it.
Example: A quote taken from "Of
Mice and Men", "A path beaten
heard", as you can see when you
change the structure of the
sentence it sounds nicer and
gives the sentence more interest
as the difference catches the
readers attention.
Characters
Characters are an ecential part of a story as
most of the time the story is based on them and
their life.The idea is too genrally have a
Protaganast and an Antagonest.Then have
backup characters that appear every so often
that way the story will never get boring as you
are constantly see new faces.There is an idea
that if you have many different types of
personalities bewtwwen characters these will
clash causing "climax"
Example: The main Character Sam from the book "slam" is a humorus character that I suspect has a
grudge against his father for leaving his mother but he is a budding artist with only what I assume to
be a crush.As you can see if you have an exciting character you can get the reader interested, Some
people may be able to relate to Sam which would make you grow closer to the character.
Plot
Every story needs a clear plot which has a Start,
Middle(climax) and End(resolution),you need to
know what is going to happen in the story, it
needs to be planned out. If you do not plan out
your plot line you could lose your entire story.
Example: If you take the story
line of "1984", that has a start,
middle, and End, its plot has
been planned out and the main
theme/idea of being watched is
still present in the story till the
end.
Narritive
It is important to decide which narrative will suit your
story weither you will chose "First-person" or
"Third-person" , this will effect the entire view on your
story as in first person you grow quite close to the
character and see only how they would deal with certain
situations, in first person there is suspense in the climax
as only you know what the main character knows,
whereas in third person you meet many different
characters and see how they all handle things, while also
the suspense if you may know what will happen and will
worry and stress as you have no way of preventing the
climax from happening to the characters you hold so dear.
Example: In the book "Slam", it is set in first person. We as the reader
can only see Sam's thoughts and actions whereas in third person "1984"
we can see more of the world around us.