The elements of fiction are what make literature the unique form of art that it is; every type of art has its own elements: stage directions, scenery, lighting for theatre; pitch, acoustics, and timbre for music; light, composition, and distance for photography.
For fiction, there are a variety of elements often working in tandem, although at times independently of each other. From time to time I would like to share some elements of fiction for us to discuss about. By reading works of great literature by writers who masterfully employ the various elements in their own writing, we can use these authors and their texts as models for our own writing in addition to using our knowledge of these elements as seen in practice to better inform our understanding of the texts we read and encounter daily.
From setting to characterization, from conflict to point of view, these elements and more make literature come alive. It’s what helps to make a Stephen King story so scary or a Robert Frost poem so poignant or a Flannery O’Connor tale so ironic or a Meg Cabot novel so smarmy (sorry…had to throw that in there!) Download, listen, think, respond, and enjoy!
In this Podcast, I read the first paragraph from Natalie Babbitt’s novel Tuck Everlasting and asks us to think about word choice and imagery through the details Babbitt chooses to use.
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