Story Planning
Narrative Mode Narrative Mode is a deeply complex set of methods an author of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical story uses to convey the plot to the audience. There are four main types of Narrative Mode they are:
Narrative Mode Narrative Mode is a deeply complex set of methods an author of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical story uses to convey the plot to the audience. There are four main types of Narrative Mode they are: Point of View Narrative Voice Narrative Structure Narrative Tense
Point of View In a first-person narrative the story is relayed by a narrator who is also a character within the story, so that the narrator reveals the plot by referring to this viewpoint character as "I" (or, when plural, "we"). Probably the rarest mode in literature is the second-person narrative mode, in which the narrator refers to one of the characters as "you", therefore making the audience member feel as if he or she is a character within the story.
Point of View Third-person narration provides the greatest flexibility to the author and thus is the most commonly used narrative mode in literature. In the third-person narrative mode, each and every character is referred to by the narrator as "he", "she", "it", or "they".
Point of View Many stories, especially alternate between the first and third person. In this case, an author will move back and forth between a more omniscient third-person narrator to a more personal first-person narrator. Omniscient means all-knowing, where you will know more than one person's point of view one well known example is the Harry Potter series.
Narrative Voice The narrative voice describes how the story is conveyed (for example, by "viewing" a character's thought processes, by reading a letter written for someone, by a retelling of a character's experiences, etc).
Narrative Tense Past Tense The most form the events of the plot are depicted as occurring sometime before the current moment (e.g. "They drove happily. They had found their way and were preparing to celebrate.")
Narrative Tense Present Tense The events of the plot are depicted as occurring now at the current moment in real time Future Tense Extremely rare form of tense the events of the plot are depicted as occurring soon these upcoming events are described in a way that makes it seem like the narrators uncannily know (or believe they know) the future.
Narrative Structure The narrative structure describes the order in which events of the plot are presented throughout the narrative work. Linear structure constructs the plot in a straight-moving, cause and effect in a chronological order with the chronologically first event presented first and the last event presented last. Nonlinear structure constructs the plot in a non-causal order, with events presented in a random format jumping to and from the main plot with flashbacks or flash-forwards with large intervals or gaps of time skipped between events. Narrative flow is the tone of the narrator or whoever is telling the story. The flow will change pace at certain times (for example scenes of tension would be paced much slower than say a battle scene or chase)