Writing: Plot and Setting

You take a pen and a paper, and begin to write. Here are some links to help you become a better writer, too.

First, you've got a lot of research to do about pregnancy and being a teenage parent. Get the facts right first, then work them into your story.

The plot of the play Accomplice is basically a suspense thriller which begins in a cabin in Britain. The wife is planning to hurt the husband and there are many twists and turns to the story. It seems very thrilling and a definite must see.

No, a screenplay is the written script for a movie or television show that includes dialogue, actions, and scene descriptions. Whereas a plot refers to the sequence of events that make up the story, including character actions and their consequences. The screenplay tells the story through dialogue and visual descriptions, while the plot is the overall structure and development of the narrative.

"Hunter" by Joy Cowley is a novel about a teenage boy named Tom who lives in rural New Zealand. Tom befriends a stranger named Hunter who is on the run from the law, and their friendship leads to a series of adventures and challenges as they navigate the complexities of morality and loyalty. The plot explores themes of friendship, family, and the consequences of one's actions.

A plot can help you understand a story by providing a sequence of events that reveal character development, conflicts, and resolution. It helps to organize the story in a coherent way, showing how different elements come together to create a meaningful narrative. Analyzing the plot can also help you identify key themes and messages that the author is trying to convey.

Yes, an absurd plot is a story that defies logical reasoning, often containing nonsensical elements, unrealistic events, or extreme exaggerations. It can be intentionally designed to challenge conventional storytelling norms and provoke thought or laughter through its sheer irrationality.

From: enotes.com/municipal-report-salem/municipal-reportd

"Most critics agree that "A Municipal Report"-set in Nashville, Tennessee, as a challenge to Frank Norris's assertion that the only "story cities" in the United States are New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans-is O. Henry's best. It is often singled out to suggest that O. Henry could have written better stories if he had tried harder, took himself and his writing more seriously, and had more discipline. The story is more sophisticated than other O. Henry stories because of its complex narrative structure and its creation of two compelling characters-the southern lady writer abused by her husband and the African American carriage driver who rescues her. As a result, the story is more ambitious than merely an illustration that an exciting story can be based in such an ordinary place like Nashville.

Alternating quotations from encyclopedias and atlases about the geography and history of Nashville with the first-person narrative of one man's discovery of a little personal drama of cruelty, avarice, endurance, and loyalty, O. Henry creates what some have called his masterpiece. Although it makes use of the conventions of melodrama, it exceeds those conventions. The villain of the piece is Major Caswell, the worst kind of cardboard southerner who bangs his fist on the bar and replays the Civil War from Fort Sumter to Appomattox. The hero is Uncle Caesar, a noble African American man with a regal bearing who tries to protect a southern lady. The heroine is Azalea Adair, a genteel, educated, and gentle lady of the old South. What Alfred Hitchcock once called the maguffin, a key device that eventually reveals the secret that propels the plot, is a torn dollar bill held together with blue tissue paper and a button from the carriage driver's coat. The story ends with the narrator's complicity in the death of Caswell by picking the button up at the crime scene and tossing it out the window into the Cumberland River as he leaves town."

In general the plot line will include an exposition (explaining the background of the story); rising action (various incidents or actions that combine to bring the story to its climax); the climax itself (the point at which the various rising actions come together to the point in the story to form a crisis which must be resolved in some way); falling action (various incidents that combine to complete or explain the potential resolution of the climax) and the resolution itself where the crisis of the story is actually resolved.

Setting can be of no importance or of great importance or important only in itself.

The setting of 'Star Wars' isn't really important to the plot as the rebellion could have happened in any setting: western, medieval European, wall street, Aztec Kingdom, etc etc etc. However the setting is still important in-itself as lots of people showed up to see it simply for the special effects.

The setting of Count Dracula or Frankenstein or Moby Dick however is important as the time, place and morals of the time are vital in driving the plot of the story as what happens would not have happened (exactly) unless it were in that time and place.

The plot structure in "Eveline" follows a linear narrative, beginning with an introduction to the protagonist's life and dilemma. It then moves towards a rising action as Eveline grapples with her decision to leave or stay. The climax occurs when Eveline makes her final choice, and the story concludes with a resolution that leaves the outcome open to interpretation.

In the book "Hope Was Here," the climax occurs when protagonist Hope confronts her absentee mother and finally finds a sense of closure. The falling action involves Hope deciding to stay in Mulhoney and focus on her own happiness and growth, rather than worrying about her past.

I'd say the theme is illegal immigration. Seeing as the plot revolves around Alex working for the Australian central intelligence trying to discover how illegal immigrants are getting in the country.

Happens all the time in detective stories and crime dramas. the police begin to investigate a mysterious death, and then find drugs, crime paraphernalia or documents, immediately thickening the plot, it can get quite involved and almost become a retro-biogaphy of the victim of the crime. this has its merits and demerits.

Interweaving plot refers to a storytelling technique where multiple storylines are interconnected and woven together throughout a narrative. This can create a more complex and multi-layered narrative structure by showing how different characters and events are intertwined and influence each other. It can add depth and richness to the overall story.

The device of the Trojan horse is a prominent plot element used in the story of Troy. It is a large wooden horse used by the Greeks to infiltrate the city of Troy and win the Trojan War. The horse appeared to be a gift, but it was actually filled with Greek warriors who emerged at night to attack and open the city gates.

First of the exposition is like an introduction to a story, in 'The Ambitious Guest' it says there is a family with a father, a mother, a grandmother, the eldest daughter (17 years old), alittle brother and a little sister, who were only five and six years old and a baby. This family was living in a house at a dangerous mountainside, which is connected to the main road. They see the mountain as their neighbor and they have a lot of guests who are the passer by and travelers. They are satisfied with the company of each other.

well that's what I know, I actually had to report this for my English & literature class, I got an +A, so hows that.

You have to come up with an idea. Here's a link to see how writers get their ideas.

Once you have an idea, outline what's going to happen to get to the point where you want to get. You can use a list on a piece of paper, a set of index cards with one scene on each card, or even a drawing with the scenes connected by circles and lines -- whatever you want to use to make sure that your story goes smoothly and you don't forget anything.

Originally, short stories were just that: a story that didn't require many words to tell. Often the story ended with a surprise twist or drew some moral (De Maupassant, for instance, or O Henry). Many short stories are still written that way (genre stories, for instance: detective, science fiction, western, romance, etc.). Like most novels, these stories have a plot with a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Under the influence of Gogol, Chekhov, and Katherine Mansfield the short story changed to be something different from a short novel. Now, the author attempted to capture a moment in the life of a character (or a group of characters) or to create a particular impression in the mind of the reader. The story grew more allusive: it would be hard to describe the "point" of the story. Plot, in the sense of one event leading to another event, leading to some conclusion, was less important and may disappear altogether. In this form, a short story may focus on a wide variety of events without using a plot: a moment that summarizes a character or crystallizes it or proves to be a turning point in a character's life might all be the subject of a short story, for instance.

The setting is Paris.

Analyzing the characters will help you figure out what the main point of the story is - and that's the theme. You just need to decide what the characters are learning throughout the story. For example, the theme might be something as simple as "Love conquers all" or something complex as "Revenge never works out well for anyone."

Robin Cook's outline for writing a thrilling book typically involves creating a gripping plot that includes elements of suspense and intrigue, developing complex and relatable characters that readers can connect with, and incorporating detailed research to give the story authenticity. Additionally, he emphasizes the importance of maintaining a fast pace and building tension throughout the narrative to keep readers engaged and eager to find out what happens next.

writers often start a story and end it at its highest or most exciting point, the climax, in efforts to create suspense in their readers. they then continue the story in a second book a couple of months later. the act of creating suspense in readers is a way to make readers eager for the next book in the series because it leaves them curious as to how the story will end.

exposition, climax, rising action, falling action conclusion

Descriptive language shows you what's important in the story, and that leads you to the overall theme, or important idea. If the story is told in harsh, cold language, it's got a different theme than if it's told in soft, flowery tones.