Be sure to read the first five parts of this essay: Part 1: Terminology and the Difference Between Narrative and Story Part 2: Taking a Closer Look at Story Part 3: Got Plot Part 4: Types of Plot Part 5: Structure and Looking at the Whole Defining Story Structure: What is a story structure? To…
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TO PLOT OR NOT TO PLOT: Part 5 – Structure and Looking at the Whole
Be sure to read the first four parts of this essay: Part 1: Terminology and the Difference Between Narrative and Story Part 2: Taking a Closer Look at Story Part 3: Got Plot Part 4: Types of Plot Structure – Looking at the Whole: When it comes to talking about structure we need to be…
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TO PLOT OR NOT TO PLOT: Part 3 – Got Plot?
Be sure to read the first two parts of this essay: Part 1: Terminology and the Difference Between Narrative and Story Part 2: Taking a Closer Look at Story Got Plot? Okay, so I’ve got a story, but do I have a plot? Let’s take a look at how plot is different. Once a writer…
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TO PLOT OR NOT TO PLOT: Part 1 – Terminology and the Difference between Narrative and Story
I often find the terms Narrative, Story, Plot, and Structure to be used interchangeably (on blogs, in articles, tweeted, and talked about), and personally, much confusion has ensued as a result. The following is an adaption of a critical essay I wrote during my past term at the Vermont College of Fine Art. My goal…
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To Plot or Not to Plot?
I’m currently working on an essay on the differences between narrative, story, plot, and structure. I promise to share all of my findings in the near future, including all sorts of graphs and alternative plot structures than the good old Aristotelian model. In my research, however, I came across a transcript from a lecture given…