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CRW Quiz 1 Already Passed Fiction Alan Moore Stranger Things - 11 saves Mike from Cliff What sustains fiction? How to achieve suspension of disbelief Tim O'Brien Should you always write about what you know? What is meant by writing what you know according to Nathan Englander? Kurt Vonnegut...

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1). Fiction

 Ans: - Something made up
- made up to seem real
- NOT FACT based


2). Alan moore

 Ans: Artists use lies to tell the truth


3). Stranger things - 11 saves mike from cliff

 Ans: Suspension of disbelief (the thing that sustains fiction)

Suspense, tension


4). What sustains fiction?

 Ans: Suspension of disbelief

How to achieve: actions must fall within the world you've created


5). How to achieve suspension of disbelief

 Ans: Actions must fall within the world you've created - must be consistent with the
parameters of the story (but be realistic)

ex. Jon and Sally - if we were always in Jon's head and then heard one of Sally's
thoughts, we would get pulled out of the story

Finding the right balance comes with practice


6). Tim o'brien

 Ans: hit human heart and tear ducts and make the person understand what it's like to
be human




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, 7). Should you always write about what you know?

 Ans: Not always, depends.


Use what you know to your advantage, but draw from research and creativity


8). What is meant by writing what you know according to nathan englander?

 Ans: Writing about your *feelings* and emotions (not literally your life events)


9). Kurt vonnegut

 Ans: A writer must always use the time of a stranger in such a way that they feel it has
not been wasted


10). Mark twain

 Ans: a tale shall accomplish something or arrive somewhere


11). Narrative paradigm

 Ans: Story arc triangle

Exposition (Intro) -> inciting incident -> rising action -> climax -> falling action ->
resolution/denouement


character undergoes some transformation of sorts


12). Protagonist

 Ans: major character in a fiction story


13). Inciting incident

 Ans: Event that changes the course of the character's normal life (forces the character
into action)

before it: everything is peaceful and good


14). Conflict - part 1




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,  Ans: protagonist's struggle towards the goal


15). Conflict - part 2

 Ans: antag's force working against it (antag. doesn't have to be a villain)


16). Climax

 Ans: highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of a story


17). Resolution

 Ans: either the reader or character has come to some kind of understanding or
change


18). Do all stories follow the narrative paradigm?

 Ans: no, but must know the rules to break them


19). Janet burroway - 2 quotes

 Ans: 1. don't go overboard with conflict -can do something realistic and subtle

2. nothing's more frustrating than reading a summary of the juiciest scenes (readers
want to live it)


20). Jarret keene

 Ans: revelations should occur more in the reader's mind rather than on the page

good ending should suggest thematic ideas, should never dictate (don't say, the moral of
the story is...)


21). 6 elements of fiction

 Ans: CSTLTIS
1. character
2. setting
3. time
4. language




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