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‹ Writing stories — plotting a route ComicLab Ep 55: Pro No Tip ›

Seven stories — Understanding narrative archetypes

According to author/journalist Christopher Booker, there are seven basic plot types that recur throughout every kind of storytelling. It’s a pretty amazing theory. We’ve been telling the same seven stories over and over again — just with different characters and situations. Understanding these narrative archetypes can help give our own writing shape and structure. So let’s discuss them…

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by Brad Guigar on January 15, 2019
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