Monday, March 4, 2013

As Donated in A Time of Note Loss, by Jachelle Gower

The parts of a short story 

Plot :  a plot has a begingging middle and end - this is one of the easiest elements of a story to understand 

- WHAT HAPPENS in a story is the plot 

what can you say about plot in the story ? how can you discuss it without simply retelling it ? 

1: Where is the conflict ? plots arenproems and possible solutions 

2: how do the story events effect the characters? Do the characters ouch the story or does the story pull the characters ? 

when a character has to react to a story point he / she is being pulled into a new place or being changed by the story  FATE DRIVEN 

When a character does something that causes the story to change or another character this is pushing the plot. CHATACTER DRIVEN 

3:  what I the sequence ? What happens  first? What does that set ino motion? How did we get into this piticulair end? A+ B + C = a story - the whole thing leads to a RESLOUTION - evaluating a story by the ending is a good idea 

Setting : 

-setting is TIME  and PLACE for the story events 

-also MOOD and ATMOSPHERE 

- you can talk about what the setting gives the story -some places and times add a great deal to the story 

Character : 

- In a short story there is one critical element that makes the story even BE a story 

-THERE IS A PERSON WHI IS IN A CRISIS MOMENT THAT IS A MOMENT OF LIFE -CHANGING DECISION 

- another key that main character haddock motivation that drives the story and their decision making - WHY does the character do X? - we need to dig deep when we think abou these things 

Theme : 

go to  last days note - re meaning HUMAN VALUES AND UNIVERSAL IDEAS 

- themes in stories are about ideas that affect ALL PEOPLE 

- this is called universality - something thatbis universal is known to all of us affects us all and is understandable