Fictional Story

A Fictional Story is a narrative work that is a fiction (which presents imagined events, characters, and situations rather than actual ones).

• AKA: Invented Narrative, Imaginary Tale, Made-up Account.
• Context:
  • It can typically employ Story Elements like characters, plot, and setting.
  • It can typically develop Narrative Arc through exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
  • It can typically establish Point of View through first-person narration, third-person limited narration, or omniscient narration.
  • It can typically convey Theme through character development, symbolic elements, and narrative progression.
  • It can typically engage Audience through emotional connection, cognitive stimulation, and entertainment value.
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  • It can often explore Human Experience through character journeys, moral dilemmas, and psychological transformations.
  • It can often reflect Cultural Context through social norms, historical settings, and political environments.
  • It can often incorporate Literary Devices such as foreshadowing, irony, metaphor, symbolism, and allusion.
  • It can often present Conflict through character versus character, character versus self, character versus nature, or character versus society.
  • It can often communicate Author Perspective through narrative choices, character portrayal, and thematic emphasis.
  • It can often examine Philosophical Questions through narrative scenarios, character decisions, and story outcomes.
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  • It can range from being a Short Story to being a Long Story, depending on narrative length.
  • It can range from being a Simple Story to being a Complex Story, depending on plot complexity.
  • It can range from being a Linear Story to being a Non-Linear Story, depending on narrative structure.
  • It can range from being a Realistic Story to being a Fantastical Story, depending on reality adherence.
  • It can range from being a Plot-Driven Story to being a Character-Driven Story, depending on narrative focus.
  • It can range from being a Single-Perspective Story to being a Multiple-Perspective Story, depending on viewpoint structure.
  • It can range from being a Concrete Story to being an Abstract Story, depending on narrative style.
  • It can range from being a Commercial Story to being an Literary Story, depending on artistic intention.
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  • It can utilize Story Devices and literary techniques such as unreliable narrator, frame story, flashback, flash-forward, in medias res, and epistolary form.
  • It can incorporate Character Development through character arcs, internal conflicts, external pressures, relationship dynamics, and perspective shifts.
  • It can employ Pacing Techniques through scene length, dialogue-to-description ratio, chapter structure, paragraph rhythm, and sentence variation.
  • It can establish Tone through word choice, sentence structure, descriptive detail, dialogue style, and emotional emphasis.
  • It can serve various Purposes such as entertainment, education, social commentary, moral instruction, emotional catharsis, and artistic expression.
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• Examples:
  • Fictional Story Genres, such as:
    • Literary Fiction Storys, such as:
      • The Great Gatsby (1925), exploring american dream through character disillusionment.
      • To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), examining racial injustice through childhood perspective.
      • Mrs. Dalloway (1925), portraying inner consciousness through stream-of-consciousness technique.
      • One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), depicting family saga through magical realism.
    • Speculative Fiction Storys, such as:
      • Science Fiction Storys, such as:
        • Frankenstein (1818), examining scientific responsibility through creature creation.
        • Dune (1965), constructing complex world-building with ecological themes.
        • Neuromancer (1984), pioneering cyberpunk aesthetic with digital consciousness.
      • Fantasy Storys, such as:
        • The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955), creating secondary world with mythological depth.
        • Harry Potter series (1997-2007), blending coming-of-age narrative with magical school setting.
        • The Name of the Wind (2007), combining university setting with magical system.
      • Horror Storys, such as:
        • Dracula (1897), utilizing epistolary form to build supernatural dread.
        • The Shining (1977), exploring psychological breakdown in isolated setting.
        • House of Leaves (2000), experimenting with typographical innovation and nested narrative.
    • Genre Fiction Storys, such as:
      • Mystery Storys, such as:
        • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), featuring detective protagonist and deductive reasoning.
        • Gone Girl (2012), employing unreliable narrator and narrative twist.
        • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005), combining procedural investigation with social criticism.
      • Romance Storys, such as:
        • Pride and Prejudice (1813), depicting social mores and character misconception.
        • Jane Eyre (1847), blending gothic elements with romantic relationship.
        • Outlander (1991), merging historical fiction with time-travel romance.
      • Thriller Storys, such as:
        • The Silence of the Lambs (1988), creating psychological tension through cat-and-mouse dynamic.
        • The Da Vinci Code (2003), driving plot momentum through conspiracy revelation.
        • Gone Girl (2012), subverting reader expectation through narrative deception.
  • Fictional Story Forms, such as:
    • Novels, such as:
      • War and Peace (1869), interweaving personal narratives with historical events.
      • Ulysses (1922), experimenting with linguistic style and narrative perspective.
      • Beloved (1987), examining historical trauma through non-linear narrative.
    • Novellas, such as:
      • Heart of Darkness (1899), exploring colonial imperialism through journey metaphor.
      • The Metamorphosis (1915), using absurdist transformation to examine alienation.
      • Of Mice and Men (1937), portraying vulnerable friendship during economic hardship.
    • Short Storys, such as:
      • The Tell-Tale Heart (1843), creating psychological suspense through first-person narration.
      • The Lottery (1948), examining social conformity through ritual violence.
      • A Good Man is Hard to Find (1953), blending southern gothic with moral examination.
    • Flash Fictions, such as:
      • For sale: baby shoes, never worn, demonstrating narrative compression through six-word story.
      • Dinosaur (1995), creating complete narrative in minimal word count.
      • The Huntress (2007), using poetic language for emotional impact.
  • Fictional Story Mediums, such as:
    • Written Fictions, such as:
      • Novels, novellas, short storys, and flash fiction.
      • Epic poems, narrative verse, and ballads.
      • Graphic novels, comic books, and illustrated fiction.
    • Oral Fictions, such as:
      • Fairy tales, folktales, and urban legends.
      • Campfire storys, ghost storys, and tall tales.
      • Oral epics, spoken narratives, and storytelling performances.
    • Visual Fictions, such as:
      • Fiction films, television dramas, and animated storys.
      • Web series, video game narratives, and interactive fiction.
      • Visual novels, sequential art, and narrative illustration.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Historical Account, which documents actual events rather than imagined scenarios.
  • Biography, which presents the real life of an actual person rather than fictional character.
  • News Report, which communicates factual information about current events rather than invented occurrences.
  • Documentary Narrative, which presents real-world occurrences rather than fabricated situations.
  • Academic Analysis, which examines factual data and evidence-based conclusions rather than imaginative creation.
  • Instructional Text, which provides practical guidance rather than narrative entertainment.
• See: Story, Narrative, Fiction, Plot, Character, Setting, Theme, Literary Device, Storytelling, Narrative Structure, Genre, Authorship, Narrative Perspective.

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References

2024

• (Wikipedia, 2024) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiction Retrieved:2024-4-29.
  • A fictional story is an account of imagined events and characters. Fiction is a form of narrative, one of the four rhetorical modes of discourse. Works of fiction need not be entirely imaginary and may include real people, places, and events. Fiction may be either written or oral. Although not all fiction is necessarily artistic, fiction is largely perceived as a form of art or entertainment.

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