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    This document outlines key elements of creative writing fiction, including character archetypes like the hero and mentor, female archetypes like the damsel in distress, situational archetypes like the journey, and elements of plot, style, setting, and point of view. It discusses common character types that reoccur in stories, such as the hero who faces problems and the mentor who is wise but dies at the end. Elements of plot include conflict between man and nature or society and literary devices like foreshadowing and plot twists. Setting details the time, location, weather, and geography. Point of view discusses narratives from the first, second, or third person perspective.

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    This document outlines key elements of creative writing fiction, including character archetypes like the hero and mentor, female archetypes like the damsel in distress, situational archetypes like the journey, and elements of plot, style, setting, and point of view. It discusses common character types that reoccur in stories, such as the hero who faces problems and the mentor who is wise but dies at the end. Elements of plot include conflict between man and nature or society and literary devices like foreshadowing and plot twists. Setting details the time, location, weather, and geography. Point of view discusses narratives from the first, second, or third person perspective.

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    CREATIVE WRITING

    FICTION  Theme (opinions of writers regarding a subject)


     Subject (broader than theme)
     Character Archetypes – things that reoccur in
     Conflict
    the story
    (1) Man vs. man/predato
    - Carl Jung – “collective unconscious”
    (2) Man vs. nature
    (1) Hero: morally good/protagonist; has problems
    (3) Man vs. society
    need to be solved
    (4) Man vs. fate
    (2) Mentor: old, wise, with magical activity; dies
    (5) Man vs. himself
    at the end and visit the mentee
     Plot
    (3) Everyman: sidekick, normal person; has
    (1) Aristotle’s Unified Plot
    problem with hero; became villain or die
    (2) Gustav Freytag’s Pyramid
    (4) The Innocent: female/child; morally good and
     Style (plot twist)
    cannot be corrupted by bad things
    (1) Red herring – create confusion/obvious
    (5) The Villain: has a backstory
    (2) Chekov’s gun – small details
     Female Archetypes
    (3) Flashback
    (1) Damsel in distress: needs to be saved
    (4) Anaghorisis – main character knew a secret
    (2) Strong woman character: doesn’t need to be
    about himself (knowing gain)
    saved
    (5) Deus ex machina – “god in machine”/absurd
    (3) Crone (mentor): evil (witch); protector (fairy
    (6) Dramatic irony – audience knows, characters
    godmother)
    didn’t
    (4) Good maiden: usually the victim/innocent
    (7) Foreshadowing – (clues, spoils)
    (5) Evil stepmother:
    (8) Eucatastrophe – good will be resulted from
     Situational Archetypes
    bad
    (1) The Journey: physical (aims to achieve
    (9) False protagonist
    something); emotional (find himself); self
    (gender identity)
    (2) The Initiation: experiences that later find the
    main character to maturity
    (3) Good vs. Evil: clash of entity
    (4) The Fall: fall of heroes because of wrong
    decision (hubris- flaws)
     Setting
    (1) Local – broad setting; country/state
    (2) Types of year – holidays, seasons
    (3) Time of day – day/night
    (4) Elapsed time – minutes/hours/days/weeks
    (5) Mood/atmosphere – weather/temperature
    (6) Climate - harsh (grim), tropical (carefree)
    (7) Geography – natural (land and water),
    manmade (bridge and monument)
     Point of View (mode of narration)
    (1) First (I, we)
    (2) Second (you)
    (3) Third (limited, omniscient, multiple)
    Ms. Dhanica Ocumen (SY 2018-2019)

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