FICTION TECHNIQUES for Reading and Writing Fiction

Creative Writing

1. FICTION TECHNIQUES

2. MOOD AND TONE Mood is the emotional atmosphere in the literary work Tone alludes to the authors attitude to the subject matter

3. Read pp 98-99, The Heavenly Christmas Tree.

4. VOICE Is the personality that readers encounter when reading a literary work and it may or may not directly reflect the personality of the author.

5. VOICE The authors voice The characters voice

6. PLOT DEVICES FORESHADOWING SYMBOLISM MOTIF DEUS EX MACHINA

7. PLOT DEVICES TICKING TIME BOMB FLASHBACK FLASH FORWARD IN MEDIA RES

8. FORESHADOWING A DEVICE USED TO CREATE EXPECTATIONS OR TO SET UP AN EXPLANATION FOR LATER DEVELOPMENTS. IN THIS WAY, IT IS LIKE GIVING SMALL CLUES OF INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP LATER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIG EVENTS IN THE STORY.

9. SYMBOLISM CREATIVELY IMBIBES A SEEMINGLY UNIMPORTANT OBJECT WITH GREAT IMPORTANCE, MAKING IT RELEVANT IN THE CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STORY.

10. MOTIF A DEVICE THAT UNIFIES THE ELEMENTS OF THE STORY, HELPING IT SUSTAIN ITS NARRATIVE PROGRESSION AND THEMATIC DEVELOPMENT. INVOLVES PATTERNS OR REPETITION AND COULD PERTAIN TO SPECIFIC OBJECTS.

11. MOTIF A DEVICE THAT UNIFIES THE ELEMENTS OF THE STORY, HELPING IT SUSTAIN ITS NARRATIVE PROGRESSION AND THEMATIC DEVELOPMENT. INVOLVES PATTERNS OR REPETITION AND COULD PERTAIN TO SPECIFIC OBJECTS.

12. DEUS EX MACHINA GOD FROM THE MACHINE DIVINE INTERVENTION TYPE OF SOLUTION THAT MAGICALLY SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF THE PLOT

13. TICKING TIME BOMB WHEN THE CHARACTER IS GIVEN A SITUATION WITH A DEADLINE, AND THAT DEADLINE WILL CONSTITURE A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION IF NOT MET, THEN IT IS CALLED THE TICKING TIME BOMB DEVICE.

14. FLASHBACK THE PAST SCENE INSERTED IN PRESENT TIME

15. FLASH FORWARD THE INSERTED SCENE IN THE PRESENT TIME TAKES PLACE IN THE FUTURE. SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE CHARACTERS OR SITUATIONS IN THE FUTURE.

16. GROUP 1- THE BULLY AND THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR GROUP 2- DAMSEL IN DISTRESS AND THE NOBLE SAVAGE GROUP 3- THE CHEATING PARTNER AND THE ANGSTY TEENAGER GROUP 4- THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE AND THE HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADER GROUP 5- THE DUMB JOCK AND THE WOMANIZER GROUP 6- THE LOVESTRUCK WOMAN AND THE SOCIETY OUTCAST

17. Create a 4 minute video clip portraying a scene about the two character assigned each group. Employ the different element of fiction and the fiction techniques including mood, tone, voice and the 8 plot device.