Fiction Signpost

When a character suddenly realizes something

• Aha Moment

• Memory Moment

• Contrast and Contradiction

• Again and Again

When a character is given advice from another character, usually an older character

• Contrast and Contradiction

• Tough Questions

• Aha Moment

• Words of the Wiser

A word, phrase, or image is repeated throughout a story

• Contrast and Contradiction

• Aha Moment

• Again and Again

• Memory Moment

When a character interrupts the story with a flashback

• Words of the Wiser

• Memory Moment

• Aha Moment

• Tough Questions

Ask yourself, "Why is the character acting this way or saying that?"

• Aha Moment

• Memory Moment

• Contrast and Contradiction

• Again and Again

Which signpost do you notice in the story? 

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Aha Moment

• Tough Questions

• Words of the Wiser

Which signpost do you notice in the story? 

• Words of the Wiser

• Memory Moment

• Again & Again 

• Tough Questions

Which signpost do you notice in the story? 

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Aha Moment

• Memory Moment

• Again and Again

Which signpost do you notice in the story?

• Tough Questions

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Words of the Wiser

• Again and Again

Signpost: A character thinks or behaves in a way we don't expect.

• AHA moment

• Contrasts and Contradiction

• Words of Wiser

• Plot twist