CREATIVE WRITING

1. identify the various elements, techniques,

and literary devices in drama
a. Elements
a.1 Character
 WORD DRILL:

Mannerism Introvert glib

Optimist Temperamental stammer
Pessimist Suspicious
Extrovert articulate
 ACTIVITY # 1:
Fill in the CHARACTER DETAIL SHEET
1. Based on the activity
given, what is a character?

1. What do you think are the

types of Characters?
 CHARACTER
-Is an imagined person
who inhabits a story, but
characters may also be
based on real people
whom the writer uses as
models.
“Your idea won’t come alive, won’t begin to become a story, until
some characters claim it as their own; the story comes out of their
motives, their desires, their actions, and interactions and reactions.”
---Margaret
Lucke
1.
TYPES OF CHARACTER

Stock Characters/
Stereotype characters

LESS DETAILED PORTRAYAL

2. HERO

HEROINE

The good guy or the leading

man!

THE LEADING WOMAN

 “ANTIHERO”
LEAD CHARACTER
 “TRADITIONAL”
LEAD CHARACTER
Over!
3.• Older version of
hero PROTAGONIST
• Not necessarily
with superpowers

OPPONENT!

ANTAGONIST
4. MAJOR OR MAIN CHARACTERS
• LEAD CHARACTERS
• More complex than minor characters
5. FOIL
• A special kind of character that is used to enhance
another character through contrast
6. FLAT CHARACTERS AND
ROUND CHARACTERS
A flat character is a type of character in fiction that does not change too
much from the start of the narrative to its end. Flat characters are often said not
to have any emotional depth.

Characteristics of Flat Character

• The role of flat characters is to support the main character.
• They do not go through a substantial growth or transformation in the course of
the narrative.
• They have recognizable characteristics that make them appear stereotypical.
• They are often referred to as one- or two-dimensional characters, usually
having one perspective or point of view about life, things, or events.
A round character in a novel, play, or story is a complex personality. Like
real people, they have depth in feelings and passions.
Characteristics of a Round Character
• Round characters are major characters in a story, who encounter
contradictory situations, and undergo transformation during this phase.
Therefore, these characters do not remain the same throughout the
narrative, making their traits difficult to identify from beginning until the
end.
• These characters are more realistic, their personalities somewhat
inconsistent.
• They are fully developed and show complex traits, like real people.
• Round characters are also known as “main characters,” or “major
characters,” because they are suitable to surprise the readers in a very
convincing manner.
• Major characters must be round characters to be believable.
 EXAMPLE:

Katniss Everdeen is the

round character in The
Hunger Games because
she has many different
characteristics, such has
courage and she's very
sympathetic.
6. STATIC AND DYNAMIC CHARACTERS

A static character is one that

does not undergo important
change in the course of the story,
remaining essentially the same at
the end as he or she was at the
beginning.

Primrose Everdeen Prim is a static

character in The Hunger Games. She
does not undergo any dramatic
character changes in the course of
the novel.
A dynamic character, in contrast, is one that does undergo
an important change in the course of the story. • The change
is usually a result of a conflict.• More specifically, the
changes that we are referring to as being "undergone" here
are not simple changes in circumstances (like dying their hair
a new color or having a birthday), but changes in some
sense within the character in question -- – Changes in insight –
Changes in understanding – Changes in commitment –
Changes in values.
Haymitch Abernathy Haymitch is a
dynamic character in The Hunger
Games. At the beginning ofthe novel he
is a drunk who has given up on helping
thetributes from District 12. But, as the
story progresses, he realizes Peeta and
Katniss might have a chance, so he
sobers up and agrees to train them and
help them find sponsors.