Story curves’ structure
- Exposition: Introduction of settings, problems that characters facing
- Rising action: Characters struggling with problems
- Climax: Tense moment of story
- Falling action: Movement toward ending
- Resolution: Final outcome
Stories’ characteristics
- You
- Need
- Go
- Search
- Find
- Take
- Return
- Change
Terminologies and Definitions character types
- protagonist
- Antagonist
- Dynamic
- Static
- Round
- flat
8 Kinds of Archetypes of Hero Characters
- Hero: protagonist, separates from the ordinary world
- Mentor: provide motivation, provide insights, provide training to help the hero
- Threshold guardian: guard the world and its secrets from the hero& provide essential tests to prove
- Herald: issues challenges, announces the coming of significant change
- Shapeshifter: characters who keep other characters on edge
- Shadow: opposite to heroes (good/bad)
- Trickster: relish the disruption of the status quo
- Allies(sidekicks): individual or a team, represent the virtues of hero
If there aren’t enough characters in the story, some of them need to serve double duty.
Regard them as jobs or positions rather than stereotypes.