L6 | METAFICTION

• METAFICTION

  • Self-conscious storytelling.
  • Author or characters are aware that they're in a made-up world.
  • Making the audience aware they are engaging with a story.
• COMMON TECHNIQUES

  1. Breaking the fourth wall
  2. Stories within stories
  3. Characters aware of being fictional
  4. Bending fiction and reality
• SUBGENRES

  1. Novel in which the book itself as a living entity seeks interaction with the reader
  2. Novel about a reader reading a novel
  3. Reader engaging with a book
  4. Interacting with or affecting its narrative
  5. Novel where author is character
  6. Parallel novel retelling previous story from a new perspective
  7. Merging characters or elements from different works
• GRAPHIC NOVELS

  • longer
  • Presents a complete story in a single volume or series
  • Has a beginning, middle, and end
  • Theme: more complex, deep narratives
• COMICS

  • Shorter
  • Presents a serialized or episodic story
  • Ongoing story released periodically
  • Theme: lighter, action - packed
• ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF COMIC BOOKS

  1. COVER
  2. Cover image
  3. Main title
  4. Subtitle
  5. Credits
  6. Publisher
  7. CONTENT
  8. Panels
  9. Gutters
  10. Caption
  11. Thought bubble
  12. Dialogue balloons
  13. Sound effects