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Creative Writing

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A guide of references for storytelling

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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