Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI - Western Visayas
DIVISION OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
Pontevedra National High School
Pontevedra, Negros Occidental

SHS Creative
Writing
Quarter 1 – Module 5
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 Creative Writing
Grade Twelve

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Creative Writing
Quarter 1
PIVOT IV-A Learner’s Material
First Edition, 2020

Published by: Department of Education Region IV-A CALABARZON

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 Guide in Using PIVOT Learner’s Material

For the Parents/Guardian

This module aims to assist you, dear parents, guardians, or

siblings of the learners, to understand how materials and activities
are used in the new normal. It is designed to provide the
information, activities, and new learning that learners need to
work on.

Activities presented in this module are based on the Most

Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs) for Creative Writing as
prescribed by the Department of Education.

Further, this learning resource hopes to engage the learners in

guided and independent learning activities at their own pace and
time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the
needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their
needs and circumstances.

You are expected to assist the child in the tasks and ensure
the learner’s mastery of the subject matter. Be reminded that
learners have to answer all the activities in their own notebook.

For the Learners

The module is designed to suit your needs and interests using

the IDEA instructional process. This will help you attain the
prescribed grade-level knowledge, skills, attitude, and values at
your own pace outside the normal classroom setting.

The module is composed of different types of activities that are

arranged according to graduated levels of difficulty—from simple to
complex. You are expected to answer all activities on separate
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on the time and date agreed upon.
 Writing journal entries and other
short compositions exploring key
Elements of Fiction
Creative Writing – Specialized Subject
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Lesson 5: Writing journal entries and other short compositions exploring key elements of fiction
First Edition, 2020

Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Creative Writing Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module.

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators both from public and private institutions
to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while
overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning activities at their own pace
and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module. You also need to keep track of the
learners' progress while allowing them to manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and
assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

For the Learner:

Welcome to the Creative Writing Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module.

The hand is one of the most symbolized part of the human body. It is often used to depict skill, action and purpose.
Through our hands we may learn, create, and accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you
as a learner is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant competencies and skills at your own pace
and time. Your academic success lies in your own hands!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided and independent learning at
your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know

This will give you an idea of the skills or competencies you are expected to learn in the
module.

What I Know
This part includes an activity that aims to check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.

What’s In
This is a brief drill or review to help you link the current lesson with the previous one.

What’s New
In this portion, the new lesson will be introduced to you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an activity or a situation.

What is It
This section provides a brief discussion of the lesson. This aims to help you discover
and understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More
This comprises activities for independent practice to solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic. You may check the answers to the exercises using the Answer Key
at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned

This includes questions or blank sentence/paragraph to be filled in to process what
you learned from the lesson.

What I Can Do
This section provides an activity which will help you transfer your new knowledge or
skill into real life situations or concerns.

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 What I Need to Know
This lesson was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master
the various elements, techniques, and literary devices in specific forms of fictional prose.
The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning situations.
In this lesson, you will be mastering the essential elements, techniques and literary
devices in specific forms of fictional prose. I will also show sample works of well-known
local and foreign writers.

At the end of this lesson, you will be producing a short, well-crafted journal entries or
short compositions.

After going through this lesson, you are expected to:

1. write journal entries and other short compositions exploring key elements of
fiction (HUMSS_CW/MPlg-i-13)
2. use some of the learned elements, techniques, and literary devices.
3. appreciate literary pieces written by local and foreign writers.
What I Know
Directions: Using the provided acrostic, present what have you known about the previous
lesson about the elements of fiction. Consider the provided clue on each letter of the
acrostic. Do this on your answer sheet.

S – SCENARIO
T – TALKING CHARACTERS
O – OOPS! A PROBLEM!
R – ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM
Y – YES, THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED!

What’s In
Learning Task 1: Recall the Elements

Directions: Knowing your writing preferences will help you be more successful in
your writing process. The use of elements of fiction will help you to retell the story
effectively. Answer the following questions on your paper.
1. What fiction genre do you prefer to write? Why?
2. How will you use your learned elements of fiction?
What’s New
Learning Task 2: Say Something!
Directions: Tell something about the provided pictures. Write your statements on your
paper.

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 1. ______________ 2. ___________________ 3. _______________

4. ________________ 5. _____________________ 6. ________________

What is It
In this part of your journey, we provide something for you to deepen your
understanding about writing process considering the different genres of fiction and some
tips in writing a story. This will help you to utilize your understandings in using the
fictional elements, literary devices, and techniques.

Please continue reading with comprehension as you discover further knowledge

that will help you out in your quest on the remaining phases of this lesson.

Fictional Genres

There are general rules to follow, for example, manuscript length, character
types, settings, themes, viewpoint choices, and plots. Certain settings suit specific
genres. These will vary in type, details, intensity, and length of description. The tone
employed by the author, and the mood created for the reader, must also suit the genre.

Why Does Genre Matter?

Genres are great because they fulfil reader expectations. We purchase certain
books since we have appreciated comparative stories previously. Perusing these books
gives us a feeling of having a place, of plunking down with an old companion and
knowing we're on recognizable ground. There is additionally a brotherhood between
readers who follow similar classes.

Journalists can utilize this for their potential benefit on the grounds that their
limits are models on which to base stories. Sorts reflect patterns in the public arena,
and they advance when authors push the limits. At last choose if the trial has worked
by purchasing these books.

The most significant piece of sort fiction, however, is that it satisfies our human
requirement for classic narrating. We some of the time need stories we can depend on
to dull the unforgiving real factors of life.

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 These are some of the fictional genres that you may encounter while reading a
story or watching a film. But, let us focus only with some of the most common fictional
genres that you may select in writing your own fictional story.

1. FANTASY
A story that is imaginative but could never really happen. The setting may be of
another world. Characters might be magical like talking animals, sorceries, witches and
wizardry. It is a genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and adventure, especially
in a setting other than the real world.

Many fantasy novels involve adventure as a key feature. Characters may discover
portals to other worlds or discover hidden magic, wonder and surprise in our own world.
Novels from C.S. Lewis’s classic Chronicles of Narnia series to J.K. Rowling’s Harry
Potter series populate imaginary worlds with mythical beasts, power-seeking tyrants
and more.

Characters adventure through worlds where the impossible is possible. Exploring

the ‘impossible’ is another common element in fantasy. Magical wands may weave spells
that defy the laws of physics as we know them.

Other times magic is spoken, chanted, or ripples through land and landscape.

Element 1: Magic
The word magic comes from the Greek magikos, from magos. This means ‘one of
the members of the learned and priestly class’. This explains how magic, in fantasy, is
often associated with learning, with complex books and rituals.
Magic in great books takes many forms. The apprentice wizards in J.K. Rowling’s
Harry Potter duel with wands. In C.S. Lewis’ Narnia series, a witch casts a spell over the
Kingdom of Narnia, plunging it into eternal winter. She also destroys a secondary world
by speaking ‘the Deplorable Word’.
Element 2: Adventure
Adventure in fantasy is common, from bands of travelling, questing heroes (like
Frodo and friends in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings) to girls who fall down magical
rabbit holes (Alice in Wonderland).
Adventure in fantasy often features another meaning of magic:
‘A quality of being beautiful and delightful in a way that seems remote from daily
life.’
Adventure does indeed take us to places that seem remote from daily life, full of
new joys and discoveries (or dangers). In Frodo’s adventures, he finds both the dazzling
land of the elves, Lothlorien, and the foul, stinking lands of Mordor where the story’s
villain resides.
Adventure means ‘an unusual and exciting or daring experience’, as well as
‘excitement associated with danger or the taking of risks.’
Element 3: Struggle for mystery
Themes of struggle and mastery are found in many forms throughout many
fantasy novels. Part of this is due to fantasy’s origins in ideas of arcane, ‘special’, yet
volatile and dangerous knowledge. The initiate often must learn to control the
unpredictable surges of ‘wild’ magic, to trace or utter the ‘right’ thing to achieve the
desired effect.
This process of struggle and mastery is often shown in character development.
Sometimes characters use power irresponsibly. For example, a character tries to ruin a
magical game of the airborne sport Quidditch in Rowling’s fantasy series. Struggle in
fantasy fiction includes:
Struggle for mastery of self: Understanding and using one’s own power effectively
or wisely
Conflict between those who use their own magical mastery for positive or
destructive ends
Element 4: Setting
Because of its exploration of the otherworldly and the supernatural, place is a
key aspect of many fantasy novels. Some places are created through magic. The lion
Aslan sings the Kingdom of Narnia into being in C.S. Lewis’ lore. (A Christian mythology

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parallel to the Creation in the Bible.) By contrast, Jadis, the White Witch, destroys a
whole world by speaking a powerful word.
In fantasy, we often strongly experience both characters’ effects on their world,
and their worlds effects and influence on them.

These are some of the literary pieces under fantasy genre:

1. The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter
2. The Adventures of Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi
3. Charlie and Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl
4. Alice Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, by K. Rowling
6. Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift
7. The Lord of the Rings trilogy / Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien

2. HISTORICAL FICTION
A story that takes place in a historically accurate time and setting. The characters
and some events are fictional.
Element 1: Character – whether real or imagined, characters behave in keeping
with the era they inhabit, even if they push the boundaries. And that means discovering
the norms, attitudes, beliefs and expectations of their time and station in life.
Element 2: Dialogue - is cumbersome and difficult to understand detracts from
readers’ enjoyment of historical fiction. Dip occasionally into the vocabulary and
grammatical structures of the past by inserting select words and phrases so that a
reader knows s/he is in another time period.
Element 3: Setting – setting is time and place. More than 75% of participants
in a 2013 reader survey selected ‘to bring the past to life’ as the primary reason for
reading historical fiction. Your job as a writer is to do just that. Even more critically,
you need to transport your readers into the past in the first few paragraphs. Consider
these opening sentences.
Element 4: Plot – the plot has to make sense for the time period. And plot will
often be shaped around or by the historical events taking place at that time. This is
particularly true when writing about famous historical figures. When considering those
historical events, remember that you are telling a story not writing history.
Element 5: Conflict – the problems faced by the characters in your story. As
with theme and plot, conflict must be realistic for the chosen time and place. Readers
will want to understand the reasons for the conflicts you present. An unmarried woman
in the 15th century might be forced into marriage with a difficult man or the taking of
religious vows. Both choices lead to conflict.

These are some of the literary pieces under historical fiction genre:

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Tolstoy's epic masterpiece depicting the French invasion of Russia during the
Napoleonic era
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
The fictional memoir of a geisha, from age nine to adulthood, in pre- and post
WWII Japan.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
A gothic novel that inspired a flood of tourists to Paris' most famous cathedral.
The friar's daughter : a story of the American occupation of the Philippines /
(Girard, Kansas : the author, 1909), by Charles Lincoln Phifer (page images at
HathiTrust)
Luha at dugo : (hayag na pangyayari, buhat ng 1895 hanggang 1913) by M. B.
Sevilla.

3. SCIENCE FICTION
A story that is typically set in the future or on other planets. It is based on the impact
of actual, imagined, or potential science. It is a type of imaginative literature. It provides
a mental picture of something that may happen on realistic scientific principles and
facts. This fiction might portray, for instance, a world where young people are living on

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Mars. Hence, it is known as “futuristic fiction.” It dramatizes the wonders of technology,
and resembles heroic fantasy where magic is substituted with technology.
Often called “sci-fi,” is a genre of fiction literature whose content is imaginative, but
based in science. It relies heavily on scientific facts, theories, and principles as support
for its settings, characters, themes, and plot-lines, which is what makes it different from
fantasy.

Importance of Science Fiction

Many times, science fiction turns real scientific theories into full stories about what
is possible and/or imaginable. Many stories use hard facts and truths of sciences to:
• suggest what could really happen in the future
• to explore what could happen if certain events or circumstances came to be
or
• suggest consequences of technological and scientific advancements and
innovation.
Historically it has been a popular form for not only authors, but scientists as well.
In the past 150 years, science fiction has become a huge genre, with a particularly large
presence in film and television—in fact, the TV network “SciFi” is completely devoted to
science fiction media. It is a particularly fascinating and mind-bending genre for
audiences because of its connection to reality.
These are some of the literary pieces under Science Fiction genre:

1. The Avengers
2. Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
3. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
4. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
5. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
6. Men in Black 3 by Barry Sonnenfeld
7. Planet of the Apes by Franklin J. Schaffner
8. The Matrix by Wachowski brothers

4. MYSTERY FICTION
Mystery (pronounced mis-tuh-ree, ) is a genre of literature whose stories focus
on a puzzling crime, situation, or circumstance that needs to be solved. The term comes
from the Latin mysterium, meaning “a secret thing.” stories can be either fictional or
nonfictional, and can focus on both supernatural and non-supernatural topics. Many
mystery stories involve what is called a “whodunit” scenario, meaning the mystery
revolves around the uncovering a culprit or criminal.

Importance of Mystery
Mysteries began to gain popularity in the Victorian era, mostly in the form of
gothic literature, which was primarily for women. Since then it has developed in both
form and reach, and has become a widely read genre among male and female readers of
all ages. Mysteries are important because they feature topics that are usually both
fascinating and troubling to the human mind—unsolved crimes, unexplained questions
and events in natural and human history, supernatural curiosities, and so on.

The late 1800’s gave rise to the iconic fictional character Sherlock Holmes, a
detective who is featured in a series of mystery novels and short stories written by Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle. Most of the stories are told from the perspective of Dr. Watson,
Holmes’s assistant and companion. Holmes is an independent detective based in
London with eccentric personality and highly logical reasoning skills. Below is a short
selection from the novel The Hound of Baskerville:

Another item had been added to that constant and apparently purposeless
series of small mysteries which had succeeded each other so rapidly. Setting
aside the whole grim story of Sir Charles’s death, we had a line of inexplicable
incidents all within the limits of two days, which included the receipt of the
printed letter, the black-bearded spy in the hansom, the loss of the new brown
boot, the loss of the old black boot, and now the return of the new brown boot.
Holmes sat in silence in the cab as we drove back to Baker Street, and I knew

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 from his drawn brows and keen face that his mind, like my own, was busy in
endeavouring to frame some scheme into which all these strange and
apparently disconnected episodes could be fitted.

Here, Watson is running through some of the clues to the victim’s death in his
head. He also expresses his familiarity with Holmes’ character and skills by telling the
audience that he knows the detective is finding the connections between all of these
clues in his mind; which will inevitably lead to the solving of the mysterious murder.

These are some of the literary pieces under Mystery Fiction genre:
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
A run-away bestseller, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has everything a
mystery requires. Murder, family ties, love in the air, and financial shenanigans.
What happened to Harriet Vanger who disappeared forty years ago? Mikael
Blomkvist, a disgraced journalist, and Lisbeth Salander, a tattooed and pierced
hacker genius, are on the case. They uncover family iniquity and corruption at
the top of Sweden’s industrial ladder.
2. And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie
Ten people, strangers, gather on a private island as weekend guests of an
unseen eccentric millionaire. These strangers have secrets to keep, but one by
one they are murdered. They all have something in common, though—they each
have a wicked past they’re hiding, a secret that seals their fate. Only the dead are
above suspicion.
3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon
Christopher John Francis Boone’s logical mind can find patterns and rules
for everything but has little time or inclination for understanding human
emotions. When his neighbor’s dog, Wellington, is killed, he starts a quest to find
the killer using Sherlock Holmes as his model.

5. REALISTIC FICTION
 A story that seems real or could happen in real life. It is set in present day and
includes modern day problems and events.

Characteristics of Realistic Fiction

A quick way to classify a story or novel as realistic fiction is to identify the
following characteristics within that literary work:

1. Realistic fiction stories tend to take place in the present or recent past.
2. Characters are involved in events that could happen.
3. Characters live in places that could be or are real.
4. The characters seem like real people with real issues solved in a realistic way (so
say goodbye to stories containing vampires, werewolves, sorcerers, dragons,
zombies, etc.).
5. The events portrayed in realistic fiction conjure questions that a reader could face
in everyday life.
Realistic fiction attempts to portray the world as it is. It contains no fantasy, no
supernatural elements, and it usually depicts ordinary people going about the business
of daily living, with all its joys, sorrow, successes, and failures.
Over the past 150 years, children's literature has gradually moved from a
romantic view of the world toward a more realistic view (*Note: "Romance" refers to the
fiction portraying a world that seems happier than the one we live in). Subjects that
were once taboo in realistic fiction are now commonplace, and language and character
development are presented with greater candor and boldness.

1. In good realistic fiction,

2. the characters are engaging and believable.
3. the dialogue is believable.
4. the plot is fresh and original.
5. the setting is true to life.
6. the problems faced by the characters are honestly portrayed.
7. the resolution makes sense.

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 8. the theme grows naturally out of the action and characters - the writer does not
preach at us.
These are some of the literary pieces under Mystery Fiction genre:
1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
John Green’s fourth novel, The Fault in Our Stars, has gained a following among
tween and teen readers. This is partly due to its tragic love story, but may also
be due to its thought-provoking subject matter. The book explores philosophical
questions about the meaning of life, death, and suffering. While adults may find
the topics in this novel heavy and too mature for children, Green believes that
young readers are probably already thinking about them.
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, a realistic fiction novel, humorously describes the troubles
of being in middle school and trying to fit in with integrated text and drawings.
This is the first book in the immensely popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
3. A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Every April, when the wind blows from the sea and mingles with the scent
of lilacs, Landon Carter remembers his last year at Beaufort High. It was 1958,
and Landon had already dated a girl or two. He even swore that he had once been
in love. Certainly the last person in town he thought he’d fall for was Jamie
Sullivan, the daughter of the town’s Baptist minister. A quiet girl who always
carried a Bible with her schoolbooks, Jamie seemed content living in a world
apart from the other teens. She took care of her widowed father, rescued hurt
animals, and helped out at the local orphanage. No boy had ever asked her out.
Landon would never have dreamed of it. Then a twist of fate made Jamie his
partner for the homecoming dance, and Landon Carter’s life would never be the
same. Being with Jamie would show him the depths of the human heart and lead
him to a decision so stunning it would send him irrevocably on the road to
manhood.

6. HORROR
The horror genre in literature dates back to Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome,
where horror stories explored themes related to death, demons, evil spirits, and the
afterlife. Examples include the ancient Greek tragedy Hippolytus by Euripides, a
gruesome story about how jealousy and a lack of empathy can lead to tragedy; and
Parallel Lives by Plutarch, a series of biographies highlighting the many moral failures
of man.
The gothic novel, a genre of horror that focuses specifically on death, originated
in the eighteenth century and is exemplified by the author Edgar Allan Poe. Horror
literature in the nineteenth century and twentieth centuries often focused on tales
involving occult ideas, like Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein (1818) or Bram Stoker’s Dracula
(1897).
Modern horror novels have expanded the genre to include new elements and
contemporary themes, like serial killers and slasher stories—Stephen King’s The
Shining (1977) is a perfect example—as well as genre mashups that combine horror
with historical fantasy, and modern interpretations of fantastical creatures, like ghosts,
vampires, werewolves, and witches.

Other Fictional Genres:

7. Adventure - A story where a protagonist and other major characters and are
placed in dangerous situations. The characters must use their wit and skills to
defeat the antagonist.
8. Folktales
a. Fable - A brief story that is meant to tell a lesson or a moral. The
characters are usually animals with human characteristics.
b. Fairy Tale - A story that has magical elements. The characters are usually
fairies, giants, elves, and other magical creatures.
c. Legend - A story usually about a national or folk hero. This story takes
place in a particular time and place and is partly true and partly fiction.
The character traits of the hero are typically exaggerated.
d. Tall Tale - A humorous story with extreme exaggerations. The main
character, or hero, usually does impossible things with ease.

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 e. Myth - A story that is often based on a historical event that is meant to
serve as an explanation for some phenomenon of nature or human
behavior. Characters are usually gods.

Questions to Ponder: Among the fictional genres presented, which is/are

interesting to you? What are your reasons why do you like the genre/s?

Tips in Creative Writing – Writing a Fictional Story

Knowing that after taking this module, you will be writing your own well-crafted
poem considering the elements, techniques and devices presented. You have also to
decide the form of the poetry, the diction, tone and other essential elements that you
have learned in the previous modules.

Some Tips in Writing a Fictional Story

Writing fiction is not as hard as it seems, as long as you follow these eight simple
rules:
1. Choose what design you need to compose your fiction in. This may rely upon
what kind of story you need to tell. For instance, on the off chance that you need to
compose an epic dream that traverses numerous ages, a novel (or even a progression of
books) may work superior to a short story. In case you're keen on investigating the mind
of a solitary character, a short story might be perfect

2. Show, don’t tell. Recall sharing time in grade school, when you'd acquire an article
from home and discussion about it? I need you to recollect that experience and the
exercises about narrating it bestowed. At that point concoct a time machine, and travel
back to primary school, and find a new line of work as a second-grade educator, and
ensure you get yourself as an understudy in your group, and in the time machine bring
along an iPhone, and offer it to your second-grade self. All the children will be
overwhelmed, despite the fact that it won't get telephone gathering since mobile phone
towers haven't been fabricated at this point. The more youthful you will create more
noteworthy confidence from your recently discovered notoriety, and proceed to lead a
more extravagant grown-up life, and have more material to expound on.
3. Build up the stakes early. To be connecting with, your fiction needs clear stakes for
its characters. These don't need to be world-breaking, yet they do need to feel critical to
the characters.

For instance, regardless of whether a courageous woman gets the chance to be involved
with the individual she adores likely won't be the apocalypse for every other person, yet
it is something that ought to be significant for the character.

Some of the time, the stakes truly are the apocalypse, for example, in J.R.R. Tolkien's
Lord of the Rings arrangement, wherein the characters' inability to pulverize the One
Ring will bring about the pulverization of Middle Earth by evil. These kinds of stakes are
generally best saved for dream and legends.
4. Create three-dimensional characters. Let's assume you're expounding on a hard-
charging broker who's having an extramarital illicit relationship. This is a decent
beginning, however to abstain from transforming him into an adage, you have to round
him out in three measurements. In each passage, tell the peruser precisely how high,
wide, and long he is.

5. Figure out the basic setting and plot. You have to have a strong feeling of what
your story's reality resembles, who lives on the planet, and what will occur in your story
before you begin composing full scenes and sections. In the event that you have a decent
comprehension of your characters, which you ought to have in the wake of
conceptualizing, let their characters and blemishes control your plot.

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For setting, ask yourself questions like these: When is it? Is it in the present? The future?
The past? More than one? What's the season? Is it cold, hot or mild? Is it stormy? Where
is it? Is it in this world? A different world? An alternate universe? What country? City?
Province/State?

For plot, ask yourself questions like these: Who is in it? What is their role? Are they
good or bad? What flaws do they have? What goals do they have? What is the
precipitating incident that made this story happen in the first place? Is there something
that happened in the past that could affect what happens in the future?
Regardless of whether you start in the activity, it's significant that you as of now have a
thought of what happened previously. Regardless of whether you just suggest or allude
to the occasions that occurred before the beginning of your story, it will be simpler for
you to be inside predictable and for your perusers to fill in the spaces if there's a built
up backstory.

6. Choose a point of view. Decide which point of view makes most sense for your story:
first person; second person; third person, either limited or the omniscient. You have
known the different types of Point of View. Consiodering the applicability of the point of
view and the effectiveness of it in telling a story.
7. Don’t be too predictable. While a lot of fiction proceeds along very familiar lines --
consider how many stories are about heroic quests or 2 people who initially hate each
other but learn to love each other -- you don’t want to lapse into formulaic storytelling.
If your reader can predict everything that’s going to happen, they won’t care about
finishing your story.

For example, you could have a romance novel in which it’s hard to see how the
characters will end up happily ever after because of the situations they’re in or their
personality flaws. The surprise for readers will be how things do end up working out in
the end, despite all appearances to the contrary.
8. Give your characters motivations. If you’re having trouble fleshing out your
characters, continually ask yourself in each scene, “What does this character want?”
Say this out loud enough, and soon someone nearby will ask why you keep repeating
that. Do not reply, but simply keep questioning aloud, “What does this character want?”
Eventually you’ll be committed to an asylum. Asylums are great places to think without
the distractions of the modern world. I’m sure you’ll figure out that pesky protagonist
in no time.

9. Start writing what you know. You may want to try pen and paper instead of the
computer for the first draft. If you're sitting at a computer and there's one part that you
just can't seem to get right, you could find yourself sitting there for ages trying to figure
it out, typing and re-typing. With pen and paper, you just write it and it's on paper. If
you get stuck, you can skip it and keep going. Just start wherever seems like a good
place and write. Use your outline when you forget where you're going. Keep on going
until you get to the end.

If you're more of a computer person, a software program like Scrivener may help you get
started. These programs let you write multiple little documents, such as character
profiles and plot summaries, and keep them all in the same place

11. No tears for the writer, no tears for the reader. If you’re not moved by your story,
don’t expect your reader to be. Therefore, sob uncontrollably as you compose. Slice
onions to abet the process.

12. Revise, revise, revise. This gos without saying. Follow the Writing Process that you
have learned.
Revision literally means to re-view something, to look at it again. Look at your fiction
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Revision can be incredibly hard; there’s a reason why in the writing business it’s often
talked about as “killing your darlings.”

Don't be afraid to cut out words, paragraphs, and even entire sections. Most people pad
their stories with extraneous words or passages. Cut, cut, cut. That is the key to
success.

13. Trust yourself. Ultimately, you should value your own judgment over that of others.
Except for this list of writing rules. It is completely accurate.

Questions: Which of the following tips in writing of a story do you really

consider? Can you follow these tips in writing your own story?

What’s More
Learning Task 3: What genre am I?
Directions: I. Read the synopsis of the literary pieces. Identify their fictional genre. Note
that some of the literary pieces might have more than one genre. Write your answers on
your answer sheet.
1. Travis Shaw is a ladies' man who thinks a serious relationship would cramp his
easygoing lifestyle. Gabby Holland is a feisty medical student who's preparing to
settle down with her long-term boyfriend. Fate brings the two together as Gabby
moves next door to Travis, sparking an irresistible attraction that upends both of
their lives. As their bond grows, the unlikely couple must decide how far they're
willing to go to keep the hope of love alive.

2. 84 years later, a 100 year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story
to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and
Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a
ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-
class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon
Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend
Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains
the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last
voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning.

3. A student named Tine wants to get rid of a gay admirer. His friends recommend
getting a pretend boyfriend, Sarawat, who plays hard to get, until he finally
agrees. The two become close and intense emotions soon erupted.

4. Bella Swan has always been a little bit different. Never one to run with the crowd,
Bella never cared about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix, Arizona
high school. When her mother remarries and Bella chooses to live with her father
in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn't expect much of anything
to change. But things do change when she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly
beautiful Edward Cullen. For Edward is nothing like any boy she's ever met. He's
nothing like anyone she's ever met, period. He's intelligent and witty, and he
seems to see straight into her soul. In no time at all, they are swept up in a
passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance - unorthodox because Edward
really isn't like the other boys. He can run faster than a mountain lion. He can
stop a moving car with his bare hands. Oh, and he hasn't aged since 1918. Like
all vampires, he's immortal. That's right - vampire. But he doesn't have fangs -
that's just in the movies.

5. Our friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ,
and the rest of the gang on a European vacation. However, Peter's plan to leave
super heroics behind for a few weeks are quickly scrapped when he begrudgingly

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attacks, creating havoc across the continent.

6. As the film begins, we see Owen and Mariella are fighting in a car by a lake. It
appears that Owen has left his wife to be with Mariella, and is angry that Mariella
is not willing to make the same sacrifice. The fight turns violent, and Owen has
hit Mariella through the car window. Mariella tries to escape from the car, and
the scene cuts to flashback. We see Mariella telling her husband, Ivan, that her
best friend, Samantha needs company and she drives off into the night. Later
that evening, their daughter Angel comes to Ivan looking for her mother, and Ivan
tells Angel that her mother has gone away. There is a car that passes by in the
area where a bloody Mariella is looking for help, in the middle of a rainstorm. The
driver and his passenger are singing Christmas carols in the car, Mariella knows
she is dead.

7. Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics,
is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz. At first he thinks
he's hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking. That all changes,
however, when he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel
Weisz), and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great
wizard everyone's been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems
facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and
who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion,
ingenuity-and even a bit of wizardry-Oscar transforms himself not only into the
great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.

8. Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to

him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his
current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his
ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness,
and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Learning Task 4: Go back with the Third!

Directions: Go back with the previous learning tasks. Using the given synopses, try to
supply the information about the literary pieces dealing with the elements of fictional
story. Do this on your answer sheet.

Literary Piece 1:

I. Can you guess the title:

II. Characters:
III. Theme:
IV. Setting:
V. Subject:
VI. Possible Conflict in the Story:

Learning Task 5: React with the Literary Pieces

Directions: Go back with your previous literary pieces that you have searched for in the
previous module. Choose 1 and react with the elements used by the author. DO this on
your notebook.

Elements of Fiction Title:

Vision
Plot Devices
Finale

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 Essential Elements
Figures of Speech

Learning Task 6: Read and Give

Directions: Read the following excerpt of a literary piece. Analyze the elements of the
short story and give the plot of the story. Do this on your answer sheet.
VISIBLY GONE
Trisha Kris Aquino
Would feelings remain if memories seem to fade? What if the reason why you
forget, is also the reason why you remember, will you take it? In this universe, where
everything seems temporary, could love be the only exception?
I landed like an asteroid but I've controlled my speed before I totally touched the
ground so it didn't hurt. Unfortunately, I landed to a girl who I can't even remember the
face but I am sure that she was wearing her school uniform. It seems like I got electrified.
There was a spark I suddenly felt in my heart.
Wearing my prince's suit, I immediately ran as fast as I can. Yes, it was me.
Shawn Lui Van, a prince and at the same time, an alien (based on what humans call
us) with special abilities. I can run to the highest speed higher than the speed of light.
I am strong as if I control gravity. I can also teleport like traveling to another planet for
a second. I ran and hid and hid and ran. Stole clothes and was finding a place to rest
in.
Then I saw Lucas Smith, my friend. I was surprised to know that he followed me
here in the human world. He got my arms and brought me to Houston University. I
remembered that this is where I landed earlier. We entered and enrolled as College
freshmen and took the course that has something to do with detective stuff. I don't know
what he's planning but I trust him.
I met this girl named Kris Pierre Cruz. She was the current secretary of Detective
Club. I don't know. I was caught by her presence as I fell in line for application. Today
was six days after the first day I started entering school. Because of Lucas, we became
friends and even closer. This day, I was surprised to hear from her that she was the girl
I accidentally bumped into before. This time that I realized that I loved that girl, I wish
I wouldn't meet her. It's not bad to love but it's what I'm afraid of.
Whatever I do now, she'll be hurt. But the decision to stay away from her as early
as today, it will give her less pain. It's difficult for me to do these but I already did. I
decided not to talk to her. I ignored her and kept my distance from her. She doesn't
deserve to feel the pain that only me should feel. If only I can break the curse, I'll do it
right away.
Today was the tenth day. I am not feeling good today. When all D Club members
were called for a meeting, I caught Kris looked at me. She was the secretary of D Club.
She looked so weird that it even gave me headache. She was staring at me as if I did
something wrong to her. I just ignored her. She's making my day worse by just seeing
her and I don't know why. The meeting started, and Mrs. Scott, the librarian was
reported missing. Another case to solve.
I was about to work on my investigation when Kris approached me. She asked
what happened to me. I don't know what she's talking about. Are we close? I hate her
presence in front of me. So, I told her to get out of my eyes because I don't like her
presence even just before I met her. I walked out and left her. I can't understand her.
Have I lost my memory? No. I can still remember Lucas.
Months had passed and today, I am asking myself why am I thinking of that Kris.
I hate her but this previous week, especially when I saw her punching the wall while her
hand was bleeding, I felt hurt. Another day, it was already our vacation. I woke up to
prepare my things for today's camping with the members of D Club. It's already 7:00
AM and I was about to leave when I suddenly felt my head hurting. I rest for a while and
my past memories filled my mind. I remembered everything. I already broke the curse.

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I loved the same person I temporarily forgotten because of the curse. I should talk to
Kris. I should say sorry to her.
Today was the camping day. I am still feeling guilty that's why I am not still
talking to her. Everyone was almost asleep. I planned to finally talk to her but as I found
her, she's not in the place. When I realized that Cailyn wasn't around, I assumed that
she's with her, but to put her in danger. I immediately left and searched for them. There
I saw a cave. I saw Azhi Lou, the princess of Alter Kingdom. That selfish, desperate girl.
I refused to go with her in return for Kris' release. Even I have to face the punishment,
I fought against her. I did it for someone I truly loved, someone innocent.

What I Have Learned

Learning Task 7: “T-M-L Phrase
Complete the following phrases.
The Topic was about
______________________________________________________________________

It Matters because
______________________________________________________________________

I’ve Learned today that

______________________________________________________________________
What I Can Do
Learning Task 8: Be Inspired by Reading (to be done for two weeks)
Directions: Read some of the existing stories in various resources. It may be found in
the internet, existing literature books, newspapers and other reading materials or even
your own created stories before. Appreciate the elements used by the author for you to
use it in accomplishing the next learning task.

Learning Task 9: Outline by using the elements (To be submitted next week)
Directions: With your learnings with the different tips in writing a fictional story, Do
the outlining or planning of your story to be written. Do this on your answer sheet.
I. Characters (Consider the kinds of characters)
II. Setting (Consider the elements of setting)
III. Plot (Identify the five parts of a plot)
IV. Theme, Tone, Subject, Motif
V. Conflict and Point of View
VI. Plot Device, Vision and Finale used in the story
VII. Imagery:
VIII. Figures of Speech:
IX. Message:
X. Target Audience:

Assessment
Writing Time! Directions: Write one journal entry or other short composition or story
exploring key elements of fiction considering the elements, literary devices and
techniques presented in the previous module and the genre that you have chosen
considering your created outline. You have the freedom to choose and utilize any of the
elements, forms, and other essential topics about fictional prose. Do this output in a

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yellow paper. You may be creative in presenting your output. You will be guided by the
rubrics in grading your outputs.
Note: This will be submitted next week.
You have two weeks to create your output.

SHORT STORY WRITING RUBRICS

CATEGOR Exceptional Good Fair P
Y o
o
r

Setting Many vivid, descriptive Some vivid, descriptive The reader can figure out The reader has
words are used to tell words are used to tell the when and where the trouble
when and where the audience when and story took place, but the figuring out
story took place. where the story took author didn't supply when and
place. much detail. where the
story took
place.
Character The main characters are The main characters are The main characters are It is hard to tell
s named and clearly named and described. named. The reader who the main
described. Most readers Most readers would have knows very little about characters are.
could describe the some idea of what the the characters.
characters accurately. characters looked like.
Problem/ It is very easy for the It is fairly easy for the It is fairly easy for the It is not clear
Conflict reader to understand the reader to understand the reader to understand the what problem
problem the main problem the main problem the main the main
characters face and why characters face and why characters face but it is characters face.
it is a problem. it is a problem. not clear why it is a
problem.
Solution/ The solution to the The solution to the The solution to the No solution is
Resolutio character's problem is character's problem is character's problem is a attempted or it is
n easy to understand, and easy to understand, and little hard to understand. impossible to
is logical. There are no is somewhat logical. understand.
loose ends.
Dialogue There is an appropriate There is too much There is not quite It is not clear
amount of dialogue to dialogue in this story, enough dialogue in this which character
bring the characters to but it is always clear story, but it is always is speaking.
life and it is always which character is clear which character is
clear which character is speaking. speaking.
speaking.
Organizat The story is very well The story is pretty well The story is a little hard Ideas and scenes
ion organized. One idea or organized. One idea or to follow. The transitions seem to be
scene follows another scene may seem out of are sometimes not clear. randomly
in a logical sequence place. Clear transitions arranged.
with clear transitions. are used.
Creativity The story contains The story contains a few The story contains a few There is little
many creative details creative details and/or creative details and/or evidence of
and/or descriptions that descriptions that descriptions, but they creativity in the
contribute to the contribute to the reader's distract from the story. story. The
reader's enjoyment. The enjoyment. The author The author has tried to author does not
author has really used has used his/her use his/her imagination. seem to have
his/her imagination. imagination. used much
imagination.
Mechanic The story contains no The story contains few The story contains many The story
s errors in grammar, minor errors in grammar, and/or serious errors in contains so many
usage, or mechanics. usage, or mechanics. grammar, usage, or errors in
mechanics; may interfere grammar, usage,
with reading. and mechanics
that errors block
reading.
Requirem All of the written Almost all (about 90%) Most (about 75%) of the Many
ents requirements (typed, the written requirements written requirements requirements were
double spaced, # of were met. MLA format were met, but several not met.
pages, font, margins) were not. MLA format
were met. MLA Format

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