{"id":16143,"date":"2017-01-19T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=16143"},"modified":"2017-01-15T13:40:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T21:40:44","slug":"use-structure-build-emotion-kay-keppler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/19\/use-structure-build-emotion-kay-keppler\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Structure to Build Emotion by Kay Keppler"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Loving<\/a>Let\u2019s\u00a0welcome\u00a0back monthly columnist, editor, and novelist,\u00a0Kay Keppler<\/a>, as she shares with us “Use Structure to Build Emotion!”\u00a0Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

When you tell a story, you want your readers to stay glued to the page\u2014and they will, if they love your story. If they identify with your heroine and fear for her safety or hope she overcomes her challenges, they\u2019ll stick with you, and you\u2019ll have succeeded as a storyteller.<\/p>\n

Eliciting Emotions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your success depends on your ability to elicit emotion from your readers. They want to feel\u2014they want to get caught up in the adventure. They must feel, if they are to like your story. But while you want your readers to get emotional, that doesn\u2019t mean you should write without structure and purpose.<\/p>\n

Good stories all have a protagonist and an antagonist who are in constant conflict while they pursue their goals. And no matter what kind of story you write\u2014romance, comedy, suspense, science fiction, or fantasy\u2014most stories have the same basic linear structure.<\/p>\n

Linear Structure: an Ancient Concept<\/strong><\/p>\n

Linear structure has existed since the time of Aristotle, who defined it as having a beginning, a middle, and an ending. (Or as Aristotle liked to say, protasis, epitasis, and catastrophe.) Obvious, right? Except that Aristotle demonstrated the value of the chronological progression\u2014the cause and effect, the action\/reaction that sets plots in motion. You know how it goes: First, this happened. Because of that, then this happened. Rinse and repeat until you get to the ending, when the conflict ends by one means or another.<\/p>\n

The beginnings and endings weren\u2019t a problem for early writers. (And they often aren\u2019t that hard for modern writers, either.) The story had to start with a bang, and at the end, all the loose ends had to be tied up. The problem for Aristotle, and then Horace, and then Gustav Freytag, was what to do with the middle, which sagged. In 1863 or thereabouts, Freytag came up with a structure to boost that sagging middle: a triangle with five elements of story.<\/p>\n

Freytag\u2019s Triangle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freytag\u2019s triangle, or pyramid, started with Exposition on the bottom on the left\u2014the story setup. Then on the way up: Rising Action, or the protagonist\u2019s initial conflicting events. At the peak of the triangle was the climax, the point where everything changes. Then on the way down, falling action, as the plot moves toward stability, and then the ending, or catastrophe.<\/p>\n

Since Freytag, other writers have messed around with these elements. Michael Hauge, a screenwriter, has expanded Freytag\u2019s elements into six stages with five turning points, and poses the stages as steps in character development. He ditched the triangle, too. Hauge explains this really well in a series of YouTube talks <\/a>and articles on his website<\/a>, so for the full monty, check him out.<\/p>\n

Hauge\u2019s Six-Stage Story Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hauge begins Stage 1, the Setup, with the protagonist in \u201cfull identity.\u201d That means that the protagonist sees himself in a certain way\u2014for example, he\u2019s a successful doctor with a thriving practice. But he has needs and desires that he doesn\u2019t even realize yet. Stage 2 begins with the New Situation, in which the doctor \u201cglimpses his essence.\u201d Perhaps the doctor sees a news story of a train wreck and is surprised at the depth of his feeling for the injured. So he\u2019s an ambitious doctor, but with a humanitarian streak.<\/p>\n

Stage 3 is about Progress. Our doc has decided to volunteer at a free health clinic on the weekends so he can help people in dire need of medical services, but he\u2019s still working all week at his thriving practice. Stage 4 presents Complications and Higher Stakes. Here the doctor \u201cmoves steadily into essence,\u201d so he neglects his practice and spends more time at the clinic. Work at the practice suffers, and his colleagues and patients there are upset and object to his absence.<\/p>\n

But in Stage 5, the Final Push, the worst happens. The doctor \u201cretreats to identity, then returns fully to essence.\u201d His partners tell him that his behavior is threatening the practice, and he must quit the clinic\u2014so he does. But his failure to support the clinic eats at him and makes him miserable.<\/p>\n

And then we arrive at Stage 6, the Aftermath, and a \u201ctransformed existence.\u201d The doctor sold his share of the practice to his remaining partners and became a full-time practitioner at the free health clinic, where he has found his true calling.<\/p>\n

Using the Stages to Create Emotion<\/strong><\/p>\n

The doctor story is rough, but you get the idea of how the character changes through the stages, and that helps to build empathy\u2014and create emotion\u2014in your readers. A real story would, of course, have to be much more complicated, with subplots, secondary characters, and probably a love interest, all of which would intertwine with the basic stages. However, the six stages are a handy tool either for blocking out your story before you begin, or using it as a template when you\u2019re finished to see that all the transformational stages have been completed.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Aristotle!<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n

Kay Keppler<\/a>\"Kay<\/a>\u00a0is an author\u00a0Zero Gravity Outcasts<\/a><\/em>, Betting on Hope<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Gargoyle: Three Enchanting Romance Novellas<\/a><\/em>, and editor of fiction and nonfiction \u2013Angel\u2019s Kiss<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Outsource It<\/em>! She lives in northern California. Contact her here at Writer\u2019s Fun Zone in the comments below, or at\u00a0kaykeppler@yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0to ask questions, suggest topics, or if you prefer, complain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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