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Creative Writing

A guide of references for storytelling

Characters of a Narrative: Protagonist; Antagonist; Archenemy; Deuteragonist; False protagonist; Focal character; Foil (literature); Supporting character; Tritagonist; Narrator
Plot: Dramatic structure; Dialogue; Conflict (narrative); Climax (narrative); Falling action; Dénouement; Exposition (literary technique); Subplot; Plot device; Plot twist; Deus ex machina; Dangler (plot device); Deathtrap (plot device); Cliffhanger; MacGuffin; Red herring; Shoulder angel
Setting: Archetype; Dystopia; Fictional country; Fictional location; Fictional universe; Stock character; Survivalism; Utopia
Themes: Leitmotif; Moral; Motif (narrative)
Style: Diction; Figure of speech; Imagery (literature); Literary technique; Narrative mode; Stylistic device; Suspension of disbelief; Symbolism (arts); Tone (literature)
Form: Fable; Fairy tale; Flash fiction; Hypertext fiction; Novel; Novella; Play (theatre); Poetry; Screenplay; Short story
Genre: Adventure novel; Crime fiction; Docufiction; Epistolary novel; Faction (literature); Fantasy; Historical fiction; Horror fiction; Magic realism; Mystery fiction; Paranoid fiction; Philosophical fiction; Political fiction; Romance novel; Saga; Satire; Science fiction; Speculative fiction; Superhero fiction; Thriller (genre); Urban fiction
Narration: First-person narrative; Second-person narrative; Stream of consciousness (narrative mode); Third-person limited narrative; Third-person narrator; Third-person omniscient narrative; Unreliable narrator
Tense (Time): Future tense; Past tense; Present tense
Other References: Alternate history; Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction; Apocalypticism; Audience; Cyberpunk; Doomsday event; Dying Earth (subgenre); Fantasy tropes and conventions; Narrative structure; Rhetoric; Self-fulfilling prophecy; Soft science fiction; Storytelling; Utopian and dystopian fiction; Zombie apocalypse
Stock Characters and Stereotypes: Absent-minded professor; Alazon; Archimime; Archmage; Artist-scientist; Bad boy (archetype); Bible thumper; Bimbo; Black knight; Blonde stereotype; Bounty hunter; Boy next door; Bug-eyed monster; Byronic hero; Cannon fodder; Caveman; Christ figure; Contender (stock character); Crone; Damsel in distress; Dark Lady (character); Donor (fairy tale); Elderly martial arts master; Epic hero; Everyman; Evil clown; Evil twin; False hero; Femme fatale; Final girl; Folk hero; Gentleman thief; Girl next door; Grande dame; Gunfighter; Hag; Handmaiden; Hawksian woman; Hooker with a heart of gold; Hotshot (stock character); Ingenue (stock character); Jack (hero); Jewish lawyer stereotype; Jewish mother stereotype; Jewish-American princess stereotype; Jock (athlete); Killbot; Knight-errant; Legacy Hero; Loathly lady; Lovers (stock characters); Mad scientist; Magical negro; Mammy archetype; Manic Pixie Dream Girl; Mary Sue; Masked Mystery Villain; Miles Gloriosus; Miser; Mistress (lover); Mythological king; Nerd; Nice Jewish boy stereotype; Noble savage; Petrushka; Princesse lointaine; Rake (character); Redshirt (character); Reluctant hero; Romantic hero; Shieldmaiden; Superhero; Supervillain; Tragic hero; Trickster; Tricky slave; Whiz kid; Yokel; Youxia