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Important Points of Fiction

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Franklyn Helfinstine

Fiction manuscripts receive feedback that addresses and scores:

  • The theme of the book
  • Character development and depth
  • Plot and story line resolution
  • Pace and setting of the story
  • The effective usage of dialog
  • The appropriateness of the tense and point of view
  • How compelling the book will undoubtedly be in the marketplace
  • Spelling, grammar, punctuation and many more!
  • The theme or premise of a novel is essential since it sets the stage for the characters, the setting, the plot, the conflict, and the climax. Could it be a tale of love, jealousy, ambition, adventure, of triumph or failure? These themes, in addition to many others should be considered and decided upon by the fiction writer.

    Coming from the look of the tale will be the characters and their development. Protagonists and antagonists live since they produce the conflict that provides tension and stress, for without these elements no story exists. Important is really a fully rounded character with vices and also virtues. Protagonists will need to have qualities that people relate with, but antagonists must have traits which are decent yet not exceeding their failings.

    The conflict between your hero and villain product the storyline or plot--the events that bring to two into discord. This dissension could be physical, mental, social, desire, goal, aspiration, or any feature they view differently. Some stories are plot driven while some are character driven although all stories involve some of every.

    Setting depends upon the characters, which might be past, present, or future. Historical novels are located in days gone by of a particular locale; contemporary novels cope with the present with time and location; futuristic novels--science fiction and fantasy-deal with the near future or locales using this world.

    Now we arrived at dialogue that has to suit the type and also the setting if it's to be realistic and relate with tie and place. If of days gone by, it must copy the style, the syntax, and the idiom of that time period. Dialogue should always further the story, develop the type, or suit the locale; never could it be to complete space.

    The write must choose carefully the tense and viewpoint. Some stories are better told from today's tense while some from days gone by tense. Utilizing the pluperfect past tense sacrifices immediacy and decreases the rhythm of the language. Another important consideration may be the perspective: Sometimes the initial person singular may be the best suited while at other times the 3rd person omniscient is proper. Chose prudently since it could make or break the story.

    Another consideration, although a smaller one, is how compelling the piece will undoubtedly be available on the market. Since publishers are always worried about underneath line, they turn to observe how the buyers that are the readers will receive it. Perhaps from the publishing viewpoint, this is actually the most significant criterion for the acceptance or rejection of a manuscript.

    To create a manuscript acceptable it must follow the guidelines of good grammar, be free from spelling and typo errors, written in the language that's acceptable to the mark audience. The fiction writer had much to take into account with every work undertaken, yet have confidence in the significance and worth of their endeavors.