Story Structure

The second chapter of prose fiction writing. #2

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STRUCTURE

Structure includes the entire body of the story or the most important elements in writing fiction. Structure includes:

• plots,
• character,
• narrative.

PLOT

Plot is the part that presents the occurrence of events in writing fiction.

The famous term is 3 Acts, including:

• introduction,
• conflict,
• resolution or climax.

CHARACTER

Character or commonly known as characterization is the part that presents and describes the characters in writing a story.

NON-DESCRIPTIVE

Non-descriptive characterization is a type of characterization that does not use long explanations to explain, you can use tables, lists, or pictures.

Non-descriptive characterizations include:

Motive

• Want’s (What is desired),
• Problem’s (What’s the problem),
• Need’s (What is the need).

Physique

a. physically dead

• separate physical (head, face, eyes, hair, and so on),
• overall physical (body and so on).

b. physical life

• sound (soft, loud, small, etc.),
• movement (straight walking, stooping, clumsiness, shaking, etc.)

Extra (extras)

• likes (What is his favorite),
• dislikes (What is the dislike),
• hobbies (What is his hobby),
• etc.

DESCRIPTIVE

Descriptive characterization is a type of characterization that uses lengthy information that is explained descriptively.

Descriptive characterizations include:

• what (What is the desire, what is the problem, what is the need),
• why (Why does he want it, why does the problem arise, why does he need it),
• how (How to make it happen, how the problem affects it, how the need is important).

NARRATIVE

PARAGRAPH

A paragraph is a part that presents an introduction, conflict, and closure in writing fiction.

OUTER PARAGRAPH

a. paragraph order

• paragraph 1, paragraph 2, paragraph 3, etc.

b. body of the paragraph

• opener,
• mid/core,
• closing.

c. red thread (conflict)

• main conflict (theme)(A Story/External),
• intimate conflict (B Story/Internal).

d. keywords

• keywords per chapter,
• big keywords (the whole story).

INNER PARAGRAPH

a. paragraph type

• action paragraph,
• description paragraph,
• dialogue paragraph.

b. body of the paragraph

• introductory paragraph,
• main paragraph/problem/conflict,
• closing paragraph/climax.

c. paragraph dramatization (effect)

• yes, but… (conflict natative),
• no, and… (conflict narative),
• no, but… (conclution narative),
• yes, and… (conclution narative).

d. extra (extra)

• senses (taste, sight, hearing, touch and smell).

THEME

The theme can at least be determined, based on:

• figure,
• incident,
• object.

Meanwhile, the TITLE is taken based on the theme. However, the title can also be determined, based on:

• theme,
• figure,
• object,
• word game.

GENRE

• mystery (horror, crime, puzzle, etc.)
• action (action) (adventure, road trip, etc.),
• romance (romantic, friendly, spiritual, etc.),
• etc.

PROSE

• long prose (novelette, novella, novella),
• short prose (short story, etc.).

RHYTHM PLOT

• chronological plot,
• reverse flow,
• mixed (back and forth).

TEMPO

• slow (detail),
• normal,
• fast (jumping).

FIGURE

• main character (protagonist),
• opposing figure (antagonist),
• supporting figure (companion or mentor).

WRITING STEPS

• idea (abstraction),
• pre-written (outlining),
• writing (drafting),
• revision (editing).***