Storycraft
Storycraft is a working, reader-friendly name for the storytelling techniques sometimes called literary devices.
Examples include foreshadowing, symbolism, imagery, motifs, unreliable narration, point of view and nonlinear structure.
Planned technique profiles
- Definition and Recognition — understand and identify the technique
- Purpose and Reader Effects — what it can achieve in a story
- Forms and Variations — different ways authors use it
- Examples by Book and Chapter — sourced, spoiler-scoped examples
- Connections to Themes and Tropes — how techniques shape story meanings and patterns
- Interpretations and Alternative Readings — account for uncertainty and different readings
- Evidence and Open Questions — references and editorial checks
Each technique will have one canonical explanatory page, with examples linked to specific book chapters. No unfinished or book-specific analysis is public yet.