Setup (storytelling)

A setup, in storytelling, is the introduction in a plot of an element that will be useful to the story only later, when the payoff comes.[1][2]

Most of the important elements that are part of the setup are usually introduced during the exposition,[3] with which it is sometimes confused. But there can be a setup within a specific scene late in the story, with a character, object or concept appearing only to be used paragraphs or seconds later.

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Brad (13 March 2013). "Specs & The City: Plot Setup, Payoff, and 'Jaws'". Script Magazine.
  2. ^ Yanno, Drew (13 April 2016). "COLUMN D: Setup and Payoff - Writing Foreshadowing in Your Script". Script Magazine.
  3. ^ Cutting, James E. (December 2016). "Narrative theory and the dynamics of popular movies". Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 23 (6): 1713–1743. doi:10.3758/s13423-016-1051-4. PMC 5133278.


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