plot n

the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story

1. Plot -- Basic Plot for the Beginning Writer
   If, like many people, you labor under the illusion that for "real" writers, plots come effortlessly, please dismiss that illusion now.
2. Eliminating Back Story
   Do your short stories tend to get bogged down in back story? Do certain scenes seem to drag, even to you?
3. Short Story Overview
   Short Story Rules to (Mostly) Live By
4. Short Story Overview -- The Structure of a Short Story
   Critics generally credit American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne and his 1837 book Twice-told Tales with introducing the short story as a literary genre. In his introduction, Edgar Allan Poe, calling them "prose tales," defined short stories as unified works of fiction that could be read in a single sitting.
5. 20 Basic Plots
6. 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
7. Conflict
8. Conflict and Character within Story Structure
9. Conflict Test
10. Create the Perfect Plot
11. Creating Conflict and Sustaining Suspense
12. Creative Writing & Literature: Plot
13. Creative Writing 101 - Plot Building
14. Creative Writing Master Class: Plot
15. Creative Writing Tips for Students & Teachers: How to Write a Good Plot
16. Effectively Outlining Your Plot
17. Fiction Writing Tips: Story Grid
18. How to Write a Story Begins With Plot Structure
    Writing Story Techniques That Build Good Structure
19. Ideas, Plots & Using the Premise Sheets
20. On Plot
21. Outlining Your Plot
22. Plot by Damon Knight
23. Plot Development: Climax, Resolution, and Your Main Character
24. Plot Elements Lesson
25. Plot Ideas
26. Plot Planner
27. Plot Tips: Write Who You Are
28. Plot Whisperer for Writers and Readers: Historical Fiction plot
29. Plotting Without Fears
30. Plunge Right In . . . Into Your Story, That Is!
31. Serendipitous Plot Creator
32. Structure & Plot
33. The Evil Overlord Devises a Plot: Excerpt from Stupid Plotting Tricks
34. The Thirty-six (plus one) Dramatic Situations
35. Tips for Creating a Compelling Plot
36. Tips on Constructing an Inventive and Unique Plotline
37. Traditional Storytelling Plot Storyboard -- Cool handout!
38. What Exactly is a Plot?
39. What is Conflict?
40. What is Plot?
41. Writer's "Cheat Sheets"
42. Writing Action and Plot

1. Plot Development - Suite 101

A person in a literary work

1. 10 Days of Character Building
2. 100 Most Important Things to Know About Your Character
3. 7 Steps to Developing Real People
4. Analyzing Character Development in Three Short Stories about Women
5. Art of Character Development
6. Basic Principles of Writing
7. Because Antagonists are Characters, Too
8. Building Fictional Characters
9. Character Building Workshop
10. Character Chart
11. Character Chart -- Truly Neat
12. Character Development - Explore Writing (UK)
13. Character Development Exercises
14. Character Development in Fiction
15. Character exercise
16. Character Worksheet
17. Create interesting and believable fiction characters
18. Creating a character profile
19. Creating Unforgettable Characters
20. Creative Fiction Writing Workshop: Character Development
21. Dramatica Audio Tapes
22. Eve Fiction - Character Development
23. Fantasy Cliche Meter: The Good Guys
24. Fiction 113: Character Development
25. Fiction Writer's Character Chart
26. Fiction writing - Character building - a knol by Shruti Chandra Gupta
27. Fiction Writing: Character Creation | Men With Pens
28. Freelancing & Fiction with Michelle L Devon: Character Development
29. Guidance with Creating Great Dramatic Characters
30. Handling a Cast of Thousands: Getting to Know Your Characters
31. How Characters Deal with Conflict
32. How to build a character in fiction@Everything2.com
33. How to Create a Believable Fictional Character
34. How to Create a Character
35. How to Create Character Motivation in Fiction | eHow.com
36. How to create convincing characters
37. How to Write a Character Bible
38. It's Not What They Say, It's the Way They Say It
39. Lists of Advantages, Disadvantages and Skills for Your Character
40. Name Generators
41. Name Playground
42. NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Fictional character
43. Outside to Inside: Character Development in Fiction
44. Priming the Idea Pump: Character Checklist
45. Seven Common Character Types
46. The Art of Character Development
47. Tips for Characterization
48. Top 10 Questions for Creating Believable Characters
49. Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test
50. Urban Legends Writing
51. Using Character Sheets in Fiction Writing
52. Villains are People, Too, But.
53. Web Resources for Developing Characters
54. What are the Sixteen Master Archetypes?
55. Writing Character Driven Fiction
56. Writing Good. er. Bad. Antagonists (Because Antagonists are Characters, Too)
57. Writing technique: character development
58. Writing.Com: Fictional Character Development

Plus find many more articles at:

1. Character Creation - Fiction Factor
2. Character Development - Suite 101

1. Character Map
2. Character Sheets 
   22 pages of character planning/analysis worksheets
3. Character Traits
4. Character Traits
5. Character Traits
6. Characterization
7. List of Character Traits
8. Make a Character Map for a character in the story
9. Sample Character Traits
10. Short Story Character Map

the vantage point from which a story is presented

1. About.com: Fiction Writing - Point of View
2. Adding Richness to the Stories You Are Writing
3. Connections: Fiction: Point of View
4. Establishing the Right Point of View
5. Fiction Factor - Whose Point of View?
6. Fiction Writers' Mentor: Point of View in Fiction
7. How to Start Writing in the Third Person
8. How To Write A Short Story (Part 4)
9. Point of View - Element of Fiction
10. Point of View - Fiction Writing
11. Science Fiction Writer Robert J. Sawyer: On Writing ? Point of View
12. Suite 101: Point of View
13. virtuaLit Fiction: Elements of Fiction
14. Writer's Digest - Fiction: Point of View
    Find Numerous Articles on Point of View

the quality of a piece of writing that reveals the  author's attitudes and assumptions; mood: the macabre tone of Poe's stories.

1. Creating Atmosphere using Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher
2. Develop a Distinct Writing Voice: Polish Your Fiction Style with Synax, Tone
3. Elements of Fiction: Tone | virtuaLit
4. Fiction Factor - Mood vs. Tone
5. Mood and Tone in Literature
6. Nada's Literature- Tone&Mood
7. Rhythm, Tone, and Flow
8. Style, Tone and Mood (PowerPoint slideshow)
9. Tone in Fiction - Author Quotes
10. Tone in Literary Fiction
11. Tone: A Matter of Attitude
12. Voice and Tone: Writing to reflect your personality as well as your message

1. A Glossary of Terms Useful in Critiquing Science Fiction
2. Classics Glossary of the Greco-Roman World
3. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
4. Hardboiled Fiction Terms
5. Hardboiled Slang Dictionary
6. Lord of the Rings Glossary
7. Romance Fiction Glossary
8. Glossary of Science Fiction Ideas and Inventions
9. The Superhero Dictionary
10. William Faulkner Glossary

the locale or period in which the action of a novel, play, film, etc., takes place

1. A Seminar on Writing Prose: Setting Setting is made up of three components: Setting = Time, Place, and Circumstance (TPC)
2. An Impatient Writer's Approach to Worldbuilding The Importance Of Setting In A Short Story The Importance of Setting Setting is the psychological time or place in a story. Setting plays an important role in the success of stories.
3. ARTSEDGE: Fiction, Setting the Story (Lesson Plan) Students explore how authors manipulate settings as an element of fiction
4. Character and Setting Interactions
5. Creating a Believable World
6. Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds
7. Creating Fantasy Worlds
8. Creating the Perfect Setting - Part I
9. Creative Writing Podcast at American Writers
10. Fantasy World Building Questions
11. How to Choose the Setting For Your Story | Answerbag.com Survey similar stories and eliminate settings that get overused
12. I Love the End of the World
13. Literature -- Describing Setting Every story would be another story, and unrecognizable if it took up its characters and plot and happened somewhere else... Fiction depends for its life on place.
14. Magical World Builder's Guide
15. PowerPoint Presentation - The Use of Setting in Literature 
16. Setting
    Setting by Lori Handeland An article for writers providing information on how to set the stage and scene so they become real to your reader.
17. Setting and meaning People exist in a particular time and place. Where we live may contribute not only to our personality, but also to our values, attitudes, and even our problems. In literature, setting (time and place) can also influence characters and what they do.
18. Setting the Scene to Help Readers Visualize a Story Too many writers in today's age leave too much to their readers' imaginations, omitting key details in scenes that are just as important as the characters involved or their dialogue, threatening the image of "floating heads."
19. Tips for Creating a Believable and Immersive Fictional Atmosphere The players are useless without a stage to perform on, and so your characters - no matter how well drawn and interesting - are useless without a great setting!
20. World Builders
21. World Building 101
22. Writing - Setting