Narrative
All of the events that happen in a narrative.
Plot
Important details and background context needed to understand a narrative.
Exposition
This is your character’s normal world, at least at the start of their story. They’re still a child, either figuratively or literally, and they’re naïve about the workings of the world outside their family or home.
Child World
Traumatic encounter that happens to Charlie's sister which he witnesses
Ponytail Derek hitting her.
Pagan Holiday associated with Halloween
Samhain
The author or speaker’s word choices and sentence structures – often used to show the character of a narrator.
Voice
The emotional height or peak, moment of highest intensity and most importance
Climax
This is when some herald of the outside world breaks through your character’s protected childhood world, bringing the conflict of your novel with them. In the process, they break the spell of childhood, forcing your character to make a difficult decision that pushes them into the adult world for the first time.
Catalyst
Traumatic event Charlie is healing from
Michael's suicide
Poet and Author of The Raven, and The Telltale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe
How characters are portrayed and develop
Characterization
When a narrative's main conflict is either resolved, or changes.
Resolution
This phase marks a moment of truth for your character, giving them a chance to prove themselves as an independent, capable adult. They’ve learned how to stand on their own in this new adult world—and as a result, they get their first real taste of what it’s like to break away from the rules and expectations of their childhood.
Turning Point
Establishment where many teenagers hangout before and after school
Big Boy
What is the object that grants three wishes from one of our stories?
Monkey's Paw
Main message or idea voiced by the narrative
Events that happen BEFORE the climax, increasing in intensity and importance
Rising Action
From here on out, your character will begin pursuing their goals with more focus, likely in direct disobedience to their childhood authority figures. In the process, they’ll find they like being in this new adult world, or at the very least that it isn’t as frightening and difficult as they once believed.
Charlie's gifts to Patrick for Secret Santa
Magnetic poetry, book on Harvey Milk, mix tape, a poem
These tiny creatures live in your eyelashes and eyebrows
Mites
Person vs. Person
Person vs. Nature
Person vs. Self
Conflict
Events that happen AFTER the climax, leading to a resolution
Falling Action
This all comes to a head when your character faces a major defeat.
This defeat could take many forms, but it essentially matches up with the Third Plot Point of the Three Act Structure. Here your character will be tempted to relinquish their new identity and independence, or will experience some event that makes them question if this new life is really what they wanted—or if it’s worth all the hardship they’ll face in the process.
A Foot in Each Word
Why does Sam kiss Charlie?
Because she wants the first person to kiss Charlie to be someone who actually loves him
What are the rules of "The Soul Game"?
1. Close every door at night.
2. Don't walk past mirrors, windows or doorways at night.
3. Knowing all three rules makes you a player. The game ends if you tell more people about the game than the person who told you