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Creative Writing - Characters & Setting

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A guide of references for characters, narrators and settings in storytelling.

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Characters of a Narrative
Protagonist
Antagonist
Archenemy
Deuteragonist
False protagonist
Focal character
Foil (literature)
Supporting character
Tritagonist
Narrator
Setting
Archetype
Dystopia
Fictional country
Fictional location
Fictional universe
Stock character
Survivalism
Utopia
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
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