Tragicomedy combines the features of tragedy and comedy. For example, a play can have a sad plot and a happy ending, with some elements of humour emerging throughout the play. Unlike comedy and ...

Every story includes these elements. The first and last acts are ... Take the retail site Daniella Draper for example. Act 1: Introduction to the retailer. Story cues are that the company will ...

An example of a love triangle from “The Hunger Games” is the relationship between Katniss, her aggressive friend Gale, and sweet baker Peeta, which feels as important to the story as the fight ...

This is a great example of a challenging Saturday themeless ... I knew that “Supporting elements in a story?” wouldn’t refer to plotlines, but I had a couple of incorrect crossing letters ...

This is an updated writing workshop handout from one of the workshops I first presented in the 1990s, about using story elements. An earlier version of this handout was posted on the No Train, No Gain ...