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Growth that leads to a well-rounded and realistic character.
What is character development?
How you want to describe your setting to readers.
What is, "Show, don't tell?"
This is the problem the characters must solve.
What is the conflict?
What rising action needs to build.
What is intensity or interest.
This event triggers the beginning of falling action.
What is the climax?
Stock characters that are used in many stories. IE. Hero, angsty teen, etc.
What are stereotypes?
This genre often has a sheriff, horses, and a damsel in distress.
What is a western?
A man trying to escape a rabid dog is an example of this type of conflict.
What is man vs nature?
When there is a lot happening in your story.
What are multiple plot lines?
This is the main goal of the resolution.
What is tying up loose ends.
The main character of the story that moves the story forward.
What is a protagonist?
Conjugation of verbs to reflect a specific time period. IE. Went, go, will go...
What are tenses?
He is the best superhero that wins all types of conflicts.
Who is God?
Exposition is often used to introduce these people.
What are characters?
The point of the story that is often driven home in the resolution.
What is a moral?
Often the villian. This character works against the main character.
What is an antagonist?
Often set in the future after an apocalypse.
What is dystopian fiction?
Anxiety would be this type of conflict?
What is man vs self?
When you give hints in the beginning as to what is coming later.
What is foreshadowing?
When the reader is left in suspense on purpose.
What is a cliffhanger?
A style of writing defined by its characteristic setting, characters, and/or plot.
What are genres?
Directly telling the reader important back story or historical information.
What is exposition?
This is what sets off or triggers the rising action.
What is the instigating event?
Avoid this in your rising action unless you want your reader to fall asleep or get annoyed.
What are too many plot points?
A fancy name for resolution in a story.
What is denouement?