The three aspects of a good story are orientation, complications and solutions. Each of them occurs to serve the other, and together they form the backbone for a good story framework.
By no means is this an exhaustive list, but they are the 3 fundamental building blocks of all story writing. Without an orientation, complication and solution, a story wouldn't be a story, it would merely be a jumbled up mix of words an ideas thrown onto the page. All narratives work with these 3 components, and the reason all stories follow this structure, is because it works well!
The orientation to the book introduces the reader to what the story is going to unveil. It immerses the reader into the world of the character, allows them to see where that character is at, and focuses on things that might need to change.
The orientation tells about the weaknesses, or underlying misery in the major character's life. The orientation outlines the weaknesses, or underlying unhappiness in the main character's current situation.
The complications must become increasingly difficult for the character to survive. They must apply mounting pressure on the character until inevitably they are forced to change and face their weaknesses when reaching the ultimate conflict, or the climax of the story.
The solutions to the complications in the story need to be planned and carried out by the main character as the story progresses. However, each time a solution is found, another problem arises which seems to be bigger than the issue before. Some of the most effective problems and solutions in good novels are the ones that provide the character with two problems at once, and these problems can not be solved concurrently. They must be mutually distinctive.
Keep the three of these elements in mind when planning a book, and the natural structure will form.
By no means is this an exhaustive list, but they are the 3 fundamental building blocks of all story writing. Without an orientation, complication and solution, a story wouldn't be a story, it would merely be a jumbled up mix of words an ideas thrown onto the page. All narratives work with these 3 components, and the reason all stories follow this structure, is because it works well!
The orientation to the book introduces the reader to what the story is going to unveil. It immerses the reader into the world of the character, allows them to see where that character is at, and focuses on things that might need to change.
The orientation tells about the weaknesses, or underlying misery in the major character's life. The orientation outlines the weaknesses, or underlying unhappiness in the main character's current situation.
The complications must become increasingly difficult for the character to survive. They must apply mounting pressure on the character until inevitably they are forced to change and face their weaknesses when reaching the ultimate conflict, or the climax of the story.
The solutions to the complications in the story need to be planned and carried out by the main character as the story progresses. However, each time a solution is found, another problem arises which seems to be bigger than the issue before. Some of the most effective problems and solutions in good novels are the ones that provide the character with two problems at once, and these problems can not be solved concurrently. They must be mutually distinctive.
Keep the three of these elements in mind when planning a book, and the natural structure will form.
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