Plot Structures with Proper Names

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 CurveThe Three Act StructureThe Hero's JourneyFreytag's PyramidThe Five Act StructureSave the Cat BeatsThe Snowflake MethodDan Harmon's Story CircleThe Seven Point Story StructureThe Story SpineIn 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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