ABSTRACT
Formulas rarely remain consistent in the world of art making. Too often, storytelling is considered basic addition. Certain narrative elements are used in anything culture terms a story. Narrative Shards are often found in experimental work and stories that do not always fit people's traditional definitions of what a story is. A character is generally a person, animal, or inanimate object. If the character is inanimate, the object usually takes on human characteristics. The protagonist is the main character of the story-sometimes called the hero or heroine. This is the character or characters through who the entire story unfolds. The antagonist or antagonistic force is the opponent to the protagonist. Conflict is the engine of story. The external goal is what the protagonist spends most of their time trying to achieve. The internal goal refers to what the protagonist wants most deeply-even more so than achieving their external goal.
