MacGuffinPacePlot devicePlot twistPoetic justiceRed herringRevealShaggy dog storyStory arcSubplotSuspenseTropeSettingAlternate historyBackstoryCrossoverDreamworldDystopiaFictional locationcitycountryuniverseUtopiaWorldbuildingThemeIronyLeitmotifMetaphorMoralMotifDeal with the DevilConflict between good and evilStyleAllegoryBathosComic reliefDictionFigure of speechImageryModeMoodNarrationNarrative techniquesShow, don't tellStylistic deviceSuspension of disbeliefSymbolismToneStructureActAct structureThree-act structureFreytag's PyramidExposition/ProtasisRising action/EpitasisClimax/PeripeteiaFalling action/CatastasisDenouement/CatastropheLinear narrativeNonlinear narrativefilmstelevision seriesPremiseTypes of fiction with multiple endingsFormDramaFabliauFlash fictionFolkloreFableFairy taleLegendMythTall taleGamebookNarrative poetryEpic poetryNovelNovellaParableShort storyVignetteGenre(List)FictionAction f