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What are the types of life story?
Narrative forms include: Autobiography – a detailed description or account of the storyteller’s own life. Biography – a detailed description or account of someone’s life. Captivity narrative – a story in which the protagonist is captured and describes their experience with the culture of their captors. narrative. noun. a story, or an account of something that has happened. biography. nounaccount of person’s life. adventures. autobiography. bio. Stories are powerful – and innately human. They help us understand one another, provide windows into different cultures and time periods, and increase our capacity for empathy. A novel can be based on true events, but it cannot be solely a true story. If a novel only involves real events, people and locations, then it becomes creative non-fiction.
What are the two main types of stories?
Stories about abnormal characters, and; Stories about abnormal situations. True life stories are relatable True life stories on the other hand, give people something to relate to, no matter how extraordinary the story is: ‘This actually happened to someone, you know. This could happen to you or me’. So, keep in mind that you need a main theme, characters, setting, tension, climax, resolution, plot, purpose and chronology for a powerful story. The four elements necessary for your story structure are character, plot, setting, and tension. Balancing these elements is the first step to making your creative writing amazing. Stories uplift. Stories embolden us to stand resolute in the face of challenges, and they validate the fact that we matter, that we are not alone. In these and innumerable other ways, stories do save lives: not our physical bodies, necessarily, but our souls and our psyches, collectively and individually.