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Cave painting are one of, if not the earliest form of storytelling that we know of. In a time before languages and writing, paintings on cave walls told stories of times long ago, be them warnings, depicting moments that happened in the past, or simple stories  made up for the entertainment or education of children.

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The tradition of telling stories through word of mouth was the next development in storytelling. As languages came around, and people in larger groups were together as the population grew, and people began talking to each other, stories were being past on much faster, and spreading.

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A fable is a short simple story, most often including animals, that is told to teach some sort of moral lesson, often told to young children. Fables that are most popular and well known are most probably ‘Aesop’s Fables’, Aesop being a slave in Ancient Greece times, who told many of these short moral stories to people, the stories going on to be passed down through generations, written, and stayed very popular throughout the years.

Fable’s started off possibly before text storytelling was around,but has however been carried on through the ages still.

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A myth is a story that is most often about the creation of the world, or about Gods/Goddesses and higher beings, or mythical characters (mythical meaning made up and almost completely unbelievable). Myths originate from Ancient Greek times also, and although they have no truth to them, they are an opinion on the creation and existence of this world. An example of such a story would be The Minotaur, or Medusa. Both including mythical creatures and Higher beings.

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A Legend is a historical story that is told to show human characteristics such as bravery, courage, honesty etc. Stories such as King Arthur are legends that show a historical figure  that represents such characteristics, the said Legend showing human characteristics such as power, bravery and Betrayal. These stories are based on real people, and not fabricated, but may very often be exaggerated or changed in order to show some sort of hero or major event to represent something.

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Theatre was an audience based form of storytelling. It was the move from just telling the story orally to acting it out, to give off a much better interpretation of the story. Theatre started in Ancient Greece, and the Greeks performed stories in giant amphitheatres which were great for the acoustics as the bowl shape allowed the sound of the voices to carry out through to massive audiences. Some big examples of famous theatre stories are Most of Shakespeare’s work such as Othello and The Taming of the Shrew.

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Storytelling through text has developed and adapted over a long time since it first started. Right back from when languages were made and developed things were being written,  but it wasn’t an ideal form of storytelling as it was very time consuming, and only one person could read the story at a time.There are many examples of big text based stories, but some big modern examples would be book series’ such as Harry Potter, The Hobbit etc.

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Film and TV is the most recent form for storytelling used due to technology. Its a visual and audio form of storytelling, and film first came around in the 1880’s when it was first made and showed a series of images using a projector. It allowed things to be filmed, to create a story and shown later to a large audience. Creating films generally follow one of a few structures, and all films stick to these normally as they are so successful.

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The Five Essential Elements Of A Story

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The characters are the individuals that the story is about. The author should introduce the characters in the story with enough information that the reader can visualize each person. This is achieved by providing detailed descriptions of a character’s physical attributes and personality traits. Every story should have a main character. The main character determines the way the plot will develop and is usually who will solve the problem the story centers upon. However, the other characters are also very important because they supply additional details, explanations, or actions. All characters should stay true to the author’s descriptions throughout the story so that the reader can understand and believe the action that is taking place—and perhaps even predict which character may do what next.

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The setting is the location of the action. An author should describe the environment or
surroundings of the story in such detail that the reader feels that he or she can picture the
scene. Unusual settings (such as a fantasy world) can be interesting, but everyday settings can help a reader to better visualize the story and feel connected to the plot!

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The plot is the actual story around which the entire book is based. A plot should have a
very clear beginning, middle, and end—with all the necessary descriptions and suspense,
called exposition—so that the reader can make sense of the action and follow along
from start to finish.

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Every story has a confl ict to solve. The plot is centered on this confl ict and the ways in
which the characters attempt to resolve the problem. When the story’s action becomes
most exciting, right before the resolution, it is called the climax.

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The solution to the problem is the way the action is resolved. For example, Katie often
resolves a conflict by finding a compromise for two fighting characters or helping fix
any mistakes she made while switcherooed into someone else. It is important that the
resolution fit the rest of the story in tone and creativity and solve all parts of the conflict.