Realism in a story is when the events, characters, and setting closely mirror real life, emphasizing everyday experiences and ordinary people. It aims to provide a truthful portrayal of the world without fantastical elements or exaggeration, often focusing on themes like social issues, relationships, and personal struggles.
Versimilitude, or little details that are actuallytrue comes a long way in making a story realistic. These do not need to be major details, things such as a place name, or a minor person with little effect on the story can make all the difference. It is not about making the fiction realistic so much as it is about making the world the fiction takes place in seem realistic. If the universe sounds like it might exist, the reader is more willing to go with the author. But get the little things right, such as places, names, historic events, and the reader will believe the world exists.
This can also be taken further out into tricking the reader's mind. For example if one were to right a story set on a alien world in a different year, one can not have historical details to add realism to it, but what one can do is to create those events, they need not be drawn out, but mentioned in passing. These little details make the universe seem real.
And the last bit of advice is on the characters. Make them partially flawed, any ubermensch will subtract substantially from the reality, instead ensure each character has a flaw, but do not make the flaws obvious, because a character that is "made of fail" as it were is just as unbeleivable as a perfect character. Take for example character A who is a glutton, the appropriate way to show realism would be to show the character eating maybe a bit more than the other characters each time. Let the reader's mind connect the dots, do not tell them.
(1) stories that take place in modern times
(2) characters are involved in events that could happen in real life
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Both naturalism and realism are writing methods used to represent any subject matter truthfully sans artistic license. Naturalism actually uses extremely detailed realism in order to tell a story.
Magical realism is a literary device where there is a combination of a realistic story with elements of fantasy. In "Bless Me, Ultima" the realistic story is Tony's coming of age and the "fantasy" part is the witches and curandera.
because it uses realism well so it is easy to become imersed in the story.
by making the way characters speak sound authentic
There are several differences between romanticism and realism, in both painting and storytelling. One of the key aspects in storytelling is that romanticism tells the story, while realism shows it. The realistic painting embraces the ugly and sordid side of life, rejecting the romantic views of the early 18th century.
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about realism plays and history
I do not think it does.
The Realism Movement was a realism. The Romantic Movement was romance.
The Realism Movement was a realism. The Romantic Movement was romance.