Elements of a good story
Conflict
It gets the audiences attention. It's entertaining. People can relate to it because life is full of struggles and conflicts. Without conflicts characters don't grow or change and that would just be incredibly boring.
Stakes
Conflict is nothing if there is nothing at stake. There needs to be something at risk. When the stakes are high it is much more interesting, there is more suspense and tension. The stakes don't need to be global scale but they need to be big enough for people to care.
Sympathetic Characters
People need to like the characters or at least be intrigued or feel some sort of emotions toward them. The main character doesn't need to be a "great person" but they do need to have some sort of redeeming qualities that people can relate to.
Transformation
The person that starts the journey needs to be different or changed by the time the story ends. Sometimes the main character isn't the one that changes but another supporting character changes in order to help or better the main character. For example, in The Little Mermaid Ariel doesn't change but her Dad does in order to make his daughter happy.
No comments:
Post a Comment