Twins:
Plot
What happens in a story
Things happen as a direct cause and effect - things happen in an escalating order/sequence wherein there will be some kind of resolution or ending
STATE of normalcy
STATE is changed
Normalcy is broken!
STATE is flux.
CRISIS is reached.
STATE is NEW.
Dialectic Structure - Hegelian Dialectic (the philosopher was Hegel)
THESIS gives rise to a reaction - ANTHESIS, which conflicts and that energy in conflict creates SYNTHESIS
A plot is a mini-life!
It’s a microcosm of human experience!
When analyzing plot, what is one thing you can do, using the info above?
What way can you think about the plot and discuss it and evaluate it?
You can examine a plot in relation to your own experiences and life.
You can assess the realism of a plot.
You can map the experiences that make up the plot into a universal human experience.
Realism doesn’t always mean that things happen in a way that would happen in real life.
Realism means it happens in a way that feels like the logic is true, if not the specifics.
Too many coincidences, not enough realism.
We need to feel like things that happen all happen for a reason - in life, in stories, in games, etc.
Randomness, coincidence, chaos, freaky stuff, all ruin our brain’s feeling of peace and goodness
The ending needs to line up with the opening the other events that occurred.
We need to be able to follow the story in a consistent flow of understanding that adds up to that ending exactly.
The “bad” ending might actually be the right ending, and it might feel right.
The “right” might be the one in which we feel the worst, but we know it’s right.
causal relationship - one thing sparks the next thing, sparks the next thing, leads to the resolution - action -> reaction
Some of the best stories and movies have an ending that we get hit by - SHORT SHARP SHOCK- short stories in particular use this type of ending
POV
1st person - I, me, my
2nd person - you, your
3rd person omniscient - sees all, knows all, hears, God’s POV - reads minds
3rd person limited - sees what is said, what happens, what can be witnessed physically
(can be tied to a specific character - i.e. where Tom is, the POV is, but it’s still outside him)
Characters
CREATIVE PIECE
WHAT ABOUT YOUR DAD!? OR A MALE AUTHORITY/PARENTAL/GUARDIAN FIGURE?
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