When it comes to creative writing, as is the entire flesh and bone of this blog and its brother blog https://dreamweaverdiaries.blogspot.com/, one of the key ingredients is Plot and Setting Summary of Original Creative Short Story. Here's an example below.
Plot
Summary
This is a story of
love. It is meant to enchant, delight
and inspire. Scene one of my story takes
place in a fictional village set in early century. The characters are taken from strangers to
life companions through an interesting tale of love. The main character longs to one day, meet the
jewel of his Nile but loses hope and allows his heart to grow cold and bitter,
until that unexpected day when the jewel appears. It is not with ease that they finally lock
hearts. It takes some time and distance
to make a final breakthrough. But once
the union is created, it is unbreakable.
The plot of the story is, a man begins to reminisce on his life as he
sits down to write a letter to his wife.
He thinks back on when he first came to understand and want for
love. Then he remembers how his passion
stayed with him over the years but never came true for him. It did for others, but not for him. In an effort to continue to fulfill his place
in life, he continued to live single without searching for love any
further. Until one day, she finds
him. They make every effort to see each
other and spend time together. Then,
finally after much travel and time, they find themselves able to live together
and be wed. Their lives are simple but
fulfilling and they are both pleased to find their soul mate. He wraps up his story by continuing to light
the small flame of their undying love, a daily letter of good word and
spirit.
Setting Summary
Now the setting of the story is similar to early
century England. Cobblestone streets
lined with Victorian style lampposts are accented by wooden and brick
storefronts, Victorian styled three level homes, a town square, and a town
church. Some of the scenes take place in
the main characters childhood, so the setting ages a bit but only enough to
reflect a flashback. The overall
atmosphere is still the same.
There are horse and carriage, pony express, and town square villagers about. Picture Norman Rockwell meets Thomas Kincaid. The illustrations of small, village town living, filled with the eye opening smell of fresh baked breads in the morning, sweet pastries and pies in the afternoon, and the mouthwatering taste of warm, creamy soup on the cold, cold night. The seasons change from winter to fall, but the overall emotions expressed through the characters bring a feeling of springtime exuberance with summer heat to warm the soul. In the setting you will find mostly wood furniture, used, chafed and chipped in places from years of good use. There will also be a feeling from the scratchy wool clothing worn by the characters in most of the scenes. Thick, warm sweaters and boots, accented by winter gloves, hat and scarf, all bring out the reality of each scene. Since there are no automobiles in this time, horse and carriage will have to be depended on for the idea of transportation. Which is important to the story because of the plot. The fact that there is distance between the towns and they have to travel by horse and carriage and communicate through messenger, adds to why the passion and waiting grew so strong between the two main characters. These are the ingredients of the creative short story of love. It will enchant, delight and inspire.
DeMaster Thomas
Sally Hellman
April 2, 2003
