User:Rafael.tota/Books/Creative Writing - Characters & Setting

A guide of references for characters, narrators and settings in storytelling.

 * Characters of a Narrative
 * Protagonist
 * Antagonist
 * Archenemy
 * Deuteragonist
 * False protagonist
 * Focal character
 * Foil (literature)
 * Supporting character
 * Tritagonist
 * Narrator


 * Setting
 * Archetype
 * Dystopia
 * Fictional country
 * Fictional location
 * Fictional universe
 * Stock character
 * Survivalism
 * Utopia


 * Narration
 * First-person narrative
 * Second-person narrative
 * Stream of consciousness (narrative mode)
 * Third-person limited narrative
 * Third-person narrator
 * Third-person omniscient narrative
 * Unreliable narrator


 * Stock Characters and Stereotypes
 * Absent-minded professor
 * Alazon
 * Archimime
 * Archmage
 * Artist-scientist
 * Bad boy (archetype)
 * Bible thumper
 * Bimbo
 * Black knight
 * Blonde stereotype
 * Bounty hunter
 * Boy next door
 * Bug-eyed monster
 * Byronic hero
 * Cannon fodder
 * Caveman
 * Christ figure
 * Contender (stock character)
 * Crone
 * Damsel in distress
 * Dark Lady (character)
 * Donor (fairy tale)
 * Elderly martial arts master
 * Epic hero
 * Everyman
 * Evil clown
 * Evil twin
 * False hero
 * Femme fatale
 * Final girl
 * Folk hero
 * Gentleman thief
 * Girl next door
 * Grande dame
 * Gunfighter
 * Hag
 * Handmaiden
 * Hawksian woman
 * Hooker with a heart of gold
 * Hotshot (stock character)
 * Ingenue (stock character)
 * Jack (hero)
 * Jewish lawyer stereotype
 * Jewish mother stereotype
 * Jewish-American princess stereotype
 * Jock (athlete)
 * Killbot
 * Knight-errant
 * Legacy Hero
 * Loathly lady
 * Lovers (stock characters)
 * Mad scientist
 * Magical negro
 * Mammy archetype
 * Manic Pixie Dream Girl
 * Mary Sue
 * Masked Mystery Villain
 * Miles Gloriosus
 * Miser
 * Mistress (lover)
 * Mythological king
 * Nerd
 * Nice Jewish boy stereotype
 * Noble savage
 * Petrushka
 * Princesse lointaine
 * Rake (character)
 * Redshirt (character)
 * Reluctant hero
 * Romantic hero
 * Shieldmaiden
 * Superhero
 * Supervillain
 * Tragic hero
 * Trickster
 * Tricky slave
 * Whiz kid
 * Yokel
 * Youxia