Harry Potter goes through a transformation from a muggle, nobody child, to a wizard excelling in the wizarding world in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” At the same time, I’m rooting for him to succeed – feeling his emotions and going through the transformation with him.Įvery transformation has a significant turn, a point in which the transformation hinges upon. When I read a story, I feel I’m a part of the world and feel a connection to the characters on the page. Save the Cat! is considered a transformation machine – plotting the character’s change over a period of time and how that change affects the reader. More than changing the character through a story, it encompasses the transformation within the reader on an emotional and intellectual level. The transformational arc is the first, and perhaps the most crucial element of literature. Without further ado, I share my findings with you! 1. After reading a plethora of books, analyzing them, and picking them apart, I was able to see what they mean and how they can help my writing. I have struggled to understand these terms and didn’t get it until my Literary Genres for Creative Writers class.
The eight key elements are a transformational arc, configured time, field of action, persona, voice/style, point of view, conflict/tension, and imaginal patterns. your writing must use these eight elements to be taken seriously.
It doesn’t matter the genre: fiction, poetry, non-fiction, drama, etc. All classes talk about the elements, in one form or another, sometimes with different names, but always referring to the same thing. During my first year in my creative writing master’s program, the realization that all literature has eight common elements: hit me.
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