Thematic Appreciation Test (TAT) THE GUIDE, ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS OF THE STORY WRITING

ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS OF THE STORY WRITING:

The essential parts of TAT's are:

The Hero Or The Heroine

Each story must have Hero or Heroine around whom the story is to be woven. The candidates writing the story has to identify himself/herself with the chief character of the story. In other words candidates has to weave the story around him exhibiting may qualities of head and heart. The chief character has to act in a natural and humane way.

Secondary Characters 

These help the chief character to form the part of the story.

Theme or Plot of the Story

The various situations which come in the way of  the hero or heroine form the theme of the story. There should be the Beginning, the Main Body and the Conclusion part.

"HINTS"

• Observe the picture very carefully and make a note on the essential details of the story. Some of the pictures shown on the screen are very hazy and the candidate are not able to mark the head or tail of these. They should try their utmost to observe each scene minutely and to form an imagination from whatever details they can pick up. It should be remembered that for a man of imagination, a small clue is enough to weave a story. So you need a systematic observation of few seconds to form a mental image of what is happening.

• Although the story basically revolves round the scene you have witnessed in the picture, you have to imagine the PAST that lead to the PRESENT scene. you have also to think of the present  and the FUTURE of the main character will have to be incorporated to make a good story

• You can assign the name to the hero or heroine  and a name to the character of the story

• The  plot or theme of the story should be simple one. Because you have only three minutes to write the story which should be around 12-15 lines

• The theme of your story should be interesting and fair spoken. It should be natural and try to bring in healthy POSITIVE  AND HAPPY TRENDS in the plot of the industry 

• The story should bring out the qualities of the main character. Briefly the OLQ are COURAGE, SPIRIT OF RISK AND ADVENTURE, TEAM SPIRIT, COOPERATION, HANDWORK, SOCIAL SERVICE, INITIATIVE , DRIVE, DETERMINATION, CONFIDENCE, ENTHUSIASM, OPTIMISM and various other qualities

Always remember these crux points in TAT and go fearless "NOTHING CAN STOP YOU"