Elements of a story
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There are three elements that a story needs: a character, a setting, and a conflict.
A piece of writing is not a story unless something happens in it. If nothing happens, the piece might be a description or an article or a philosophical discourse, but not a story.
In a story, something has to happen. It happens to someone (a *character*), and it happens somewhere (*a setting*).
A *conflict* -- or problem -- is what makes something happen. We'll talk more about conflict, and why it's necessary later
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