The urge to write fiction seems god given to some and a learned skill to others, but I find it can be a bit intimidating, Purdue offers great mini courses as well as reasons you may want to write fiction, of course I think it is just because a person is compelled.
I found the major topics that Purdue discussed when writing about fiction were: pre-writing, close reading, thesis development, drafting and many others. What I found interesting are the resources this particular chapter covered on basics of plot writing, character, theme, conflict and point of view when writing fiction.
There were two of these that I really focused on, the first is plot which I have found I need to structure my writing toward my plot better and watch my organization. Basically, plot is what happens in the story, not just the action of the story, but the way the writer arranges and organizes particular actions writing the plot. The suggestion was to think of the plot as a chain reaction, which I found beneficial to keep in mind and I will keep this planted going forward as a tool to access in writing an organized sequence of events as my other events of the story are arranged. The stories meaning has to still have a selection of detail as well as the cause and effect also needs to have connection between the events that make sense are logical and believable so that the reader isn't loosing interest because its hard to follow. The plot doesn't have to be written in chronological order when writing fiction, I found this interesting but at the same time, I need to be careful that I am still clear and concise because I have found my audience can get lost in the way I interrupt this and then I write my story as I know what I am writing about and not keeping in mind of my audience. I realize I have to keep in mind there are additional tools such as Point-of-View that work with each other. Basically the plot is what examines the human relations to situations that change throughout a story.Plot also strongly depends on character along with human value or idea about an experience related to the theme of the paper.
For the purpose of what I concentrated on for chapter 47, my next tool I focused on was point-of-view, this is what refers to the perspective the writer uses when writing the story. There are three points of view in writing traditional fiction they are: Third person, which means the author tells the story. Second person: is not common in writing fiction but more common in poetry, this is that the character is not referred to by name or he or she but by you. Lastly is First Person: this is when a narrator who is a character in the story speaks or tells the story usually as the main character of the story. I have learned that which ever one of these points of view above are chosen a story can change drastically from how the writer tells it. I also will keep in mind that to know which one to use for the story is a very important tool for fiction writing.
I can see how the ability to writing fiction is not easy to achieve without practice and a set of tools, skills and techniques. Obviously understand the basics of storytelling which I have mentioned and learned about myself such as plot and point of view, that I am enthused to take away from this and use ongoing in my fiction writing.
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