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Plot Structures with Proper Names
Episode 198
Published 1 year, 11 months ago
Description
So two weeks ago, we talked about basic outlines and discussed the turning point method versus the beats method for figuring out the structure of the story. Then last week we went into the 3 Act Structure and basically whined about Aristotle.
In searching for 3 Act Structure resources, I found this link gives us 11 basic structures:
- The Fichtean Curve
- The Three Act Structure
- The Hero's Journey
- Freytag's Pyramid
- The Five Act Structure
- Save the Cat Beats
- The Snowflake Method
- Dan Harmon's Story Circle
- The Seven Point Story Structure
- The Story Spine
- In Media Res
and OMG there’s some NAMED types here. So we’re doing that today.
I guess if you make the shit up, you get to name it. So let’s unpack Fichtean, Freytag, and San Harmon this week.
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