Task #1

What is Fiction and its element?

Fiction is an invented story. It is a story that did not actually happen in real life. They are six key elements in
writing fiction.

1. Characters
❖ This element may be a human, animals, or aliens. The readers come to know the
characters based on what they say, think or how they act.
❖ According to E.M. Foster, characters may be identified as flat or round. Flat characters
are the ones that do not have an important role in a story. It may even be a stock
character. Round characters are the ones that play an important role in a story. It often
leads roles in the story.
❖ In addition, Fictional characters can be defined as static or developing. Static means the
characters don't change and stay the same all throughout the story. Developing, also
known as dynamic, means that the characters are changing based on their beliefs,
attitudes, or actions whether it is big or small. This change occurs when the characters
experienced an insight about life.
2. Setting
❖ This element is where and when the story happened. Setting includes the ff:
● immediate surroundings of the characters in a scene (props, furniture, food, etc.)
● time of the day (morning, afternoon or evening)
● weather conditions (sunny, cloudy, windy, rainy, snow, etc.)
● historical period (what generation or century)
● geographical location (universe - if fiction, country, state, city, street)
❖ It serves the natural forces that the characters face, like floods and hurricanes. It can
play a minor role like setting the mood. Setting can also reveal something about the
character.
3. Plot
❖ This element is the order of events in a story. It usually follows what Gustav Freytag has
identified back in the 1800s, which is called the Freytag’s Pyramid structure.
❖ Freytag’s Pyramid has five parts and these are:
● Exposition, an introduction to the characters, time and problem.
● Rising action, events that main characters encounter.
● Climax, the turning point or the intensity of the story. This is where the characters
must face the problem.
● Falling action, events were extended after the climax. The readers are becoming
emotional.
● Denouement, also known as resolution, where it ends the story.
4. Conflict
❖ This element is where the story struggles between two entities. The character may be
the protagonist who will encounter the antagonist, and vice versa.
❖ It has six kinds and these are:
● Character vs. Character
● Character vs. nature/natural forces
● Character vs. society/culture
● Character vs. machine/technology
● Character vs. God
● Character vs Self
 5. Point of View
❖ This element is where the stories are told in one of two point of views and there are:
● First-person point of view, means that the character will exactly narrate the story.
This brings closer to the story. It uses personal pronouns such as I, me, my, we,
us, and our.
● Third-person point of view, means that the narrator is not a character nor present
in the story. In writing this, the pronouns like he, she, it, him, her, his, her, they,
them and theirs will make the readers removed. It can be done in two ways:
○ Third-person limited means that the narrator limits himself/herself in being
able to have the character's thoughts in one.
○ Third-person omniscient means the narrator has unlimited power to be in
character’s thoughts.
6. Theme
❖ This element is the fundamental truth conveyed in a story.
❖ This can be universal as it implies that they are understood by the readers regardless of
what community or nation they are in.
❖ Popular themes include era, circle of life, racism, greed, good vs. bad, overcoming odds
and etc.

Task #2
What is Flash Fiction and how to write it?

Flash Fiction is a short fiction. It is usually composed of less than 1500 words only. It can deliver shocking
pieces that leave the readers’ last impression towards the story. Flash Fiction provides so much in so little.
Writing a Flash Fiction exercises the brain and writing skills.

There are do’s and don'ts in writing Flash Fiction.

1. Do tell a story - Make sure you’re still telling a story even if it’s very short.
2. Do write with the form in mind - Write the unique qualities of the form such as intense prose, precise
language, powerful imagery, and a punchy ending in mind.
3. Do be an enigmatic - Remember the form is so short that it is a great place to be experimental and
enigmatic.
4. Don’t tell too much - Show as much as possible but also not include anything redundant.It must only
include the most relevant detail.
5. Don’t be too overt - This can lead to the piece feeling melodramatic or cliche. Make sure to avoid cliche
phrasing or messy wordings because you have got very few words that every single one should be
contributing something important.
6. Don’t be too ambiguous - If the piece is just simply too confusing, it’ll be hard for the reader to sink in
and they will feel like they’ve taken something away when they get to the end. It should share details in
a clear articulate way. Avoid using flashbacks as they take away the focus of the piece.

Task #3
Six Tips for writing Six-Word Memoirs

It all started here. Hemingway was once challenged to write a novel in just six words. His response, “For sale:
baby shoes, never worn.” With that, hundreds of thousand readers have created a six-word memoir.

Six Tips in writing a Memoir

1. It only works if it is personal because it is a memoir, the story should be specific to your life.
2. Limitations force you to be creative. Write a great memoir because of the six-word parameter, not in
spite of it.
3. Get inspired from reading other memoirs. Great ones can be found in books like I Can’t Keep My Own
Secrets and Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser.
4. Like any other story, make revisions.
5. Put the six best words in the best order.
6. Publish your story to inspire others.

Task #4
Similarities and Differences of the Three different Literary Genres

Wow, Impressive! I am so proud that

all of you came from me! I’m glad that
all of you were able to create a story in
different ways.

I can invent a story

that did not actually
happen in real life. LITERATUR I can write a life and
personal story in just
E six words.

I am a short but I
can provide so much
in a little.

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FICT SIX-WORD
N MEMOIR

FLASH
FICTION