A story, like everything that is built or created, is constructed of small but important parts. In a story (novel, short story, flash fiction) there are five crucial parts.
Check out this awesome Venn diagram I made for you!
As you can see we have Characters, Plot, Setting, Theme, and Conflict. These five parts overlap and combine to create your story. The venn diagram is a great visual because it shows how small the story as a whole is. You need to spend an equal amount of time figuring out and understanding each element of your story in order for the entire thing to come together.
Another example would be a stool with five legs. I know that’s weird but bare with me here. If one of the legs is too thin (underdeveloped) or missing your stool is going to wobble or break and no one is going to want use it.
Each of the elements of a story are equally important and deserve the same amount of attention and planning. Because each element is vital to the success of your story I am going to write a small post for each of them which I will link to from this post. Check back next Monday for Setting!
Plot - The Things that Happen
Theme - The Main Idea or Central Belief
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