this one time and band camp… story form, plot, and structure
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this one time and band camp…story form, plot, and structure
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nothing new?
• With so much already written, is there anything new left to say?
• Are we just recycling?
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only six plots (feeling caged?)
• 3 basic conflicts−person against person−person against world−person against himself
• 2 possible outcomes−protagonist wins−protagonist loses
3 x 2 = 6
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the complexity is immense
complex characters
characters in conflict with one another
characters also in conflict with themselves (with any of a million inner demons)
maybe add a third level of conflict—the world
now throw in variations of arrangement, tone, prose style, setting, and interactions of all these elements
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pitfall alert #1
Don’t confuse different with good.Careful not to fall back on cute gimmicks or quirky situations or strange twists because you don’t think you can come up with anything new.
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plot 101
a beginning a middle an end
Aristotle
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plot 101
exposition
rising action
climax
falling action
denouement
Gustav Freytag
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plot 101
Janet Burroway
conflict
complications
crisis
(falling action)
resolution
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e. m. forster’s concept of causality
• plot begins with a character and a goal
• it is the relentless pursuit of the goal that drives the story forward
• the tension results in the character’s pursuit with obstacles getting in the way
The king died, then the queen dies is a story. The king died, then the queen died of grief is a plot.
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pitfall alert #2
Beware of False Starts• dream beginning• stutter starts• excessive exposition
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pitfall alert #3
Forbidden Endings• killing the first person
narrator• “and then I woke up”• the question
conclusion• deus ex machina
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backward plotting
In groups, exercise 11, page 294.