The document discusses different types of narrative structures. Open narratives do not reach a conclusion, like soap operas with ongoing stories, while closed narratives do conclude, such as films and books. Single strand narratives have a single storyline, commonly used in children's books, while multi strand narratives feature multiple concurrent storylines, as seen in soap operas. Linear structures progress the story chronologically from beginning to end, while non-linear narratives jump around in time. Realist narratives reflect realistic events, and anti-realist narratives involve impossible elements like magic or talking animals. Components that make up narratives include an opening, conflict, resolution, enigma, climax, and manipulation of time and space.

1. Types of structure:
Open narratives are story which don’t reach a conclusion, for example
soaps are a prime example of this, they have individual episodes which
end but the story still continues indefinitely due to the fact there are many
different story in the programs which are ‘true life’, so these continue on.
Closed narratives are story which do reach a conclusion, for example films
and books do this, sometimes they may be in a set of 2 or 3 but they do
have an ending so they are closed. My children book is also an example of
closed narrative, my story has a clear ending which shows a resolution,
this is good for a children's book as a child will want to know what
happens.
Another structure is Single stand this is when the narrative has one
storyline, so there isn't multi other things going on, it is just one personas
story which is shown, this is usually used in children books as its simple
and easy to understand for the child, also adding to many different story in
to one could be confusing for a young child. My story book is an example
of this is it has one simple story running through out.
Multi strand is when a narrative has many different storylines running
through out, soap operas are a good example this for example Eastenders
has many different people who all have individual lives, so these are show
in the same episode but as almost separate story which overlap with each
other from time to time.
Linear structures are where the story beings at the start and flows through
till the end, this is a simple but effective way of telling a story. It is the
most used way of telling a story it tends to be used mostly in films books
and journalisms uses this. i also used this when telling the story in my
children book, it was the best way to tell my story as it is simple and easy
to understand for the children, also because it is only a small book there
wouldn't of been enough pages/room to keep skipping forward and
backwards throughout.
A non-linear structure is when narratives don’t go thought the story in a
straight line, these stories jump around in terms of time, for example using
flash forwards and flash backs to tell the story. This type of narrative
doesn’t always make sense until the end of the story as all the pieces for
the different times need to be shown before you have the full story. This

2. way of telling a story can be quite complex and hard to follow so it isn't
used much for younger audiences, it tends to be used mostly in films.
Realist narratives are ‘real life’ reflections, these are story which include
events which could be things that would happen in day to day life. For
example soaps are realist, but obviously more dramatic as they need to
make the story interesting for the viewers. These can also be cartoons for
example bobs burgers,it may be done in a cartoon but the structure being
the story is realist just like a soap.
Finally anti-realist are stories which are highly unlikely or impossible to
occur in real lie, Sci-fi and fantasy are clear examples of what would be
classed as anti-realist as there are things like magic, the story being set on
a different plan or animals talking, these wouldn’t be happening in real life
situations so that makes them anti-realist.
Components:
Opening - the start of the story
Conflict - often what drives/moves the story onwards (not always a fight)
Resolution - the ending ( not always positive)
Enigma - a puzzle, something to interest the viewer, e.g. murder mystery
Climax - the turning point which determines the characters fate
Manipulation of times and space - jumping forwards and backwards in
time, or stretching out time or condensing it