Non-linear Storytelling for
Interactive Media
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The Five Parts of a Story
(courtesy of Miss Hazel Aslaksen)
- Character/Characterization
- protagonist (hero or anti-hero)
- antagonist (villain)
- foil (side kick)
- main character (p.o.v.)
- Setting and Plot
- setting = time+place
- a time (historical period, generation)
- a place (region, locale)
- plot = sequence of events+conflict
- chronological?
- flashbacks?
- formula plot?
- Point of View
- 1st Person (I)
- 3rd Person (He/She)
- omniscient narrator (author intrusion)
- multiple
- Language
- imagery (5 senses)
- metaphor and symbol
- tone
- Theme
- powerful statement embodied in the whole thing
- resists the urge to preach or moralize
Last modified 7 APR 97 by
Sandro Corsi.