Elements of Storytelling

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  1. hi everyone.
  2. In this part of the journey, we will dive into
  3. forming elements of storytelling.
  4. The first one is Message Message is an ideological or
  5. moral statement that works as a central theme throughout a
  6. story. This can be seen in classic stories such as
  7. The Tale of the Hare and the Tortoise.
  8. The message here, for example, is that not all winners
  9. are speedy in storytelling.
  10. The story provides listeners or readers with proofs of premise,
  11. and this will be used as a toll to better
  12. internalize the message.
  13. Let's move on to the second element of storytelling conflict.
  14. What is conflict?
  15. Conflict consists of fear and change, and this will lead
  16. to action taken by characters in order to restore harmony
  17. and to address emotional need.
  18. In storytelling.
  19. The conflict is the central turning point of the story.
  20. The story usually comes to life from the onset of
  21. the conflict and enter the conflict itself.
  22. Without conflict, there will be no story.
  23. It is worth noting that conflict in storytelling is not
  24. negative. It is used by the narrator as a toll
  25. to share his or her perception of what is right
  26. and what is strong.
  27. There are two ways to solve conflict.
  28. First, we can solve it permanently, as we usually see
  29. in fairy tales that they live happily ever after.
  30. But sometimes conflict is solved.
  31. Partly, this is used by the writers to create open
  32. ending and cliffhangers in order to keep the audience on
  33. their toes.
  34. So why do we need conflict?
  35. Interestingly, it is our human nature that we always look
  36. for balance and harmony.
  37. As soon as harmony is disrupted, we will do whatever
  38. we need to restore it.
  39. Now let's move on to the third element of storytelling
  40. characters in storytelling.
  41. Each character has a specific role to play, and each
  42. character will support each other, and together they will form
  43. an active part of the story.
  44. And usually there are five types of characters.
  45. First, we have the main hero.
  46. For example, in Robin Hood, we have Robin Hood as
  47. the main hero, and the main hero usually has a
  48. goal, for example, like fighting for justice in England.
  49. And they will have distinct characteristics.
  50. For example, acute sense of fighting, smart, brave, intelligent, to
  51. name a few.
  52. Second, we have supporting characters in Robin Hood.
  53. We have little charm or Merry men as supporting characters.
  54. We also have adversary like Prince Charming, and we also
  55. need benefactor like King Richard, who will give help our
  56. power when the main character needs it.
  57. And finally, the main character cannot live without a beneficiary.
  58. He or she usually need to fight for a person
  59. or something.
  60. And in this story, the beneficiary is England.
  61. Last but not least, we have the plot as the
  62. fourth element of storytelling.
  63. It is very simple.
  64. The plot is just the flow of the story or
  65. how the story should progress.
  66. We'll talk more about this in the hero's journey, but
  67. I can give you the first hint of what a
  68. plot can look like in storytelling.
  69. Usually it was it would start with an onset, and
  70. then the conflict will be introduced, and then we will
  71. go up until the climax is reached and then the
  72. conflict is solved.
  73. So we have just learned about forming elements in storytelling
  74. message, conflict, characters and plot.
  75. See you in the next part of the Charlie