Does Each Element of Your Story Further The Theme?
by:
Nick Vernon
Creative Writing Tips –
Whichever theme you choose, all the elements, which do up your story, dialogue, conflict, scenes, etc should be written with the theme in mind.
Your theme should progress the story.
If you find that thing
in your story doesn’t progress it, it should be cut once
you are in the redaction stage.
Before we see an example of elements written with a theme in mind, let’s think of a theme and a story….
The theme is…
‘Arrogance Leads To Humiliation’
Very briefly, this story is just about a character that believes he is better than his colleagues.
His goal is to get promoted to a social control
position. What wish prevent him from reaching his goal, is the fact that management are aware of his haughtiness and they don’t believe, with his attitude, he is the right person to manage the staff.
To meet his goal, the character wish take on much activity than he can handle. He wish do this to prove to management, that he is the right man for the job. But in the end, he wish do a grave error and his haughtiness wish lead him to humiliation.
Now let’s take a look at the elements of this story…
Dialogue
The character’s dialogue wish show his arrogance, by the tone of his voice and the words he chooses to express himself.
Characterization
I wish show my character is chesty by the way I describe him and from how another characters see him.
Motivations
I wish explain what does him think he is better than everyone else.
Goal
I wish state his goal and show how it arises from the fact that he believes himself better than everyone else.
Setting
The setting is going to be in an office environment. I can show his haughtiness through the setting by possibly describing the contents of his table
(trophies) and his table
area in general (diplomas on the walls.) etc.
Conflict
The conflict wish move from himself. He is the one that creates it by doing and expression things, which create dislike.
Climax
The climax is the highest point in my story wherever
the conflict and his haughtiness wish move to their peak. Here we wish see how he tries to overcome the conflict and reach his goal by taking on much work.
Ending
I wish end my story with my character’s humiliation. He takes on much activity and does an error in judgement. Which not only prevents his promotion but besides gets him fired.
My theme here would-be have run its course.
Does each element of your story further your theme?
About The Author
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This article was announce on August 24, 2004
