Creative Writing Tips -
For a theme to work and the story, which
will revolve around the theme, it has
to contain three things.
- Character
- Conflict
- Resolution
What's the reason for this?
If your theme doesn't contain these three
essential elements, then you won't be
writing a proper short story. It might
turn out to be an essay instead.
Because without.
1) Characters
You can't achieve emotional depth. Readers
become engrossed in stories because of
the characters in them. They either become
the character (sympathize), or read about
an interesting person (empathize).
Emotional depth is achieved when readers
use their imagination and senses and/or
experiences to live the story through
the characters.
2) Conflict
Your story will be boring. Why? Without
conflict, something to stir things up,
nothing happens. And a story, in which
nothing happens, is one not worth writing
about.
Your characters don't lead carefree lives.
Well, not in the instance you are writing
about them. In that part of their lives
they are faced with a problem. They want
something and can't get it because of
the conflict, which is preventing them
to do so.
And it's that conflict and the struggle
the characters has to undergo that keeps
us readers interested and in suspense.
Will the character succeed or won't he?
And when is this all going to happen?
And how is it all going to happen?
3) Resolution
Something that starts has to finish,
one way or another.
Once you have created great characters,
which the reader will come to care about,
and you have placed them in conflict,
that conflict at the end of your story
has to be resolved. The characters will
achieve their goals or they won't.
That doesn't matter.
You can end your story as you please
and as it suits your story - but you have
to end it. Ending the story means resolving
the conflict.
Does your theme contain character, conflict,
resolution?
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This article was posted on August
24, 2004
