The 7 Elements of a Strong Story

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All stories are made up of these core elements, which can be combined in infinite ways to create an original story. Today, we're looking at each of the seven elements of story, talking about how they contribute to a piece, and why each one is so important.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Theme
1:45 - Characters
3:24 - Setting
4:40 - Plot
6:00 - Conflict
7:04 - Point of view
8:16 - Style
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How to Find Your Novel's Theme: • How to Find Your Novel...
How to Develop Characters: • How to Develop Characters
How to Write Setting Effectively: • How to Write Setting E...
Structure & Plot [playlist]: • Structure & Plot
How to Write Conflict: • How to Write Conflict
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@joshua376 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t even put into words how much of a gift you are to the world. These videos are GEMS.

@thomascrump1165 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't found the words either.

@jackhaggerty1066 2 жыл бұрын

@@thomascrump1165 How about *The Square Root of Wonderful* which happens to be a play by Carson McCullers who wrote three perfect novels: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The Member of the Wedding and Clock Without Hands.

@thomascrump1165 2 жыл бұрын

@@jackhaggerty1066 Well said and thanks for the novel suggestions.

@gutenbird Жыл бұрын

Nice comment.

@deadeaded 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite element is definitely style. Style makes or breaks a story for me.

@justforrandom 2 жыл бұрын

right when i NEEDED IT thank you for all your hard work everyone who works on this channel

@trinaq 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video, it's insanely helpful!

@the7thseven873 2 жыл бұрын

I always had trouble coming up with a theme for my story. So I just started writing without thinking much about it. Halfway through it I got a picture of the theme that fits.✨ Character is one of my Favourite. Especially when I discover more about the character’s back story as I create them.

@meggers1771 2 жыл бұрын

Many great writers have said they do the same, and themes come to them as they tell the story and tends to shape their ending, so don't fret too much about having to have a theme early.

@SHInangli Жыл бұрын

I should really try that cuz' I feel like I'm digging for nothing. It's a relief though, that I'm not the only one who clearly has no idea on what their story's theme is

@Teckno72 2 жыл бұрын

It’s well worth listening to you! I like to play with setting. Like you said, if done right, it really adds a lot to the story.

@kaundachomba1557 2 жыл бұрын

Hey their I've been writing stories to myself for two years now, and yes my writing has greatly improved from when I started. And a huge thanks goes to your videos.

@gutenbird Жыл бұрын

Wow. What kind of stories do you write?

@billyalarie929 Жыл бұрын

Lovely, as usual.

@nathsevakrajugavali9 2 жыл бұрын

Great video thank you so much.

@perrywarren8743 2 жыл бұрын

Thnx for these tips 👌🏻

@candellina6 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the brass music at the end of the video.

@user-qz2cx8ck5f 9 ай бұрын

Wow, i think she deserves more attention and subs

@TiMBiiZ Жыл бұрын

Look beautiful n informative , video.

@thomascrump1165 2 жыл бұрын

I love me some conflict but I have to say my favorite part of stories is character.

@gutenbird Жыл бұрын

Who are your favorite characters and why do you love them?

@dhrmendrkumardhrmendrkumar2563 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding

@gutenbird Жыл бұрын

I hope you keep doing these videos.

@augustlongpre64 Жыл бұрын

Can you please do a video on writing fictional journals as a storytelling device? Thanks for everything

@gladiator652004 2 жыл бұрын

I'm reading the Cazelets series, which seems to me weirdly weak on plot, almost "everything that happened to an extended family on its collective summer holiday", and as a result it is taking me a while to get through it, though it succeeds on all other elements.

@mudskippa8958 Жыл бұрын

I think if you're a first time author with no connections, your only chance of getting published is having a high concept. Sadly, no agent seems to want to take the time. I got told "I write well" which is better than crickets. But there was clearly no way the agent would read enough to think about buying the book. We're talking literary fiction so it shouldn't be about instant gratification. But that seems the way these days.

@gutenbird Жыл бұрын

Sounds interesting. Do you have anything that I might read online?

@PhoenixCrown Жыл бұрын

My story began with a theme, and then I feel like one of my biggest failings was not understanding exactly which part/side of the theme each of my characters represented. I definitely don't want to have a "heavy hand" and tell people how to think--I want the characters to explore all sides of themes as complex as mortality, life, survival, and inequality.

@lakeshagadson357 Жыл бұрын

I just love giving a point of view tp help it make sense but I would like to know what ideas would you give me for my story

@lakeshagadson357 Жыл бұрын

I want to start a memior on my life but I got a couple of ideas on what I want to write about and get some feedback on

@davidbru1 2 жыл бұрын

Okay new music slay

@davidbru1 2 жыл бұрын

Okay and animation I see you

@jackhaggerty1066 2 жыл бұрын

New music slay. Listen to *Naima* (KZfaq) by John Coltrane, written for his wife. Sublime. Coltrane (1926-67) was an American genius who earned so little he struggled to pay the rent on his Harlem apartment.

@jackhaggerty1066 2 жыл бұрын

7 is a clever number. Traditionally the Brahmanda was divided into 14 worlds, 7 upper world and 7 lower worlds. If you like numbers as a way of suggesting story ideas, read Ian Stewart, emeritus professor of mathematics at Warwick University. Read *Calculating the Cosmos - How Mathematics Unveils the Universe* & *Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities*. I would only add form to your Elements: it was form that excited me in reading Gunter Grass, Isabel Allende, Mario Vargas Llosa, Italo Calvino. How else to explain the strange authority of Grass's *Dog Years* or Llosa's *The Green House* or *The Portrait of a Lady* by Henry James? Worldbuilding Bible is a useful phrase: think of worlds created by Sarah Perry in *Melmoth* & Dan Simmons in his terrifying *Hyperion*. Alexander Trocchi asked: *Is there no character in the book large enough to doubt the validity of the book itself?* From Trocchi's *Cain's Book*.

@gutenbird Жыл бұрын

Interesting comment. Can you tell me more about Ian Stewart?

@u_t_d_s_h-1_a Жыл бұрын

There are good writers ---and there great story tellers, sadly---however, not all story teller write good, not all good writers could ever manage to tell a coherent story readers would enjoy, only very today few possess a convergence of good writing skills along with great story telling ability.

@Remiss63 Ай бұрын

Sp: “confilict”

@Wolf-ge7iz 2 жыл бұрын

I love character and world buiding! Not to good at either tho. Lol!

@mutmainnahansari6451 2 жыл бұрын

Are you author? If you are so where I'll get book written by you. Please inform me. I would like to read it.😊 Please inform me dear ma'am.

@Remiss63 Ай бұрын

Sp: “punhcy”

@sithlordbilly4206 Жыл бұрын

Hello, 😄

@Subahan_R 2 жыл бұрын

Does being a content writer hurt one's creativity if one wishes to be a writer or a novelist? Anyone please answer this.

@gutenbird Жыл бұрын

Probably not. I'm guessing that being a content writer would help your creativity.

@ihategooglealot3741 2 жыл бұрын

Character

@jackhaggerty1066 2 жыл бұрын

Characters who make sense and characters who don't make sense. Tarka in *Tarka the Otter* makes sense. Who can fathom Iago in Othello or Lady Macbeth or Captain Ahab in Moby-Dick or Uriel in Genesis who buries Adam & Abel in Eden ?

@SteveLorenzBicycleTour Жыл бұрын

You don't add a theme to a plot. You start with a theme because your theme tells you why you want to write the story. Without the why, you don't have a deep story.

@djtwister6997 2 жыл бұрын

I miss her long hair, look so good.

@jackhaggerty1066 Жыл бұрын

Scott Fitzgerald wrote a delightful short story *Bernice Bobs Her Hair* (Wikipedia) published 1920, Saturday Evening Post. In the post-1918 world young women were getting their hair cut and Scott modelled his story after his wife Zelda, who else? Perhaps too he was thinking about the fate of Rapunzel, the German fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. *I lost my capacity for hope on the little roads that led to Zelda's sanatorium,* Scott wrote when Zelda was in a mental home.