More on the seven major plots...

-

I've talked about this several times before, I've posted videos about it, and almost every time I come across an article or a video about it, I think about it all the time. You guessed it, I am going to rail on getting to know the seven major plots. 

I simultaneously hate and love them. I hate them because I am an anti-establishment kind of guy. But I also love them because they help me structure my stories. So I do what most quasi-philosophical types do- keep my enemies closer than my friends and get to know them well. Use them like the tools they are.

It is not that there are only seven major plots; I just wish there were more. And before you say anything, I've looked and looked for some magical eighth plot line, I haven't found one yet, and I doubt I will. I will not rehash them here in this article because I have been over them several times. What I am going to do is use this as a reminder to all of you. Rather than lament that there are only seven, let's try and use them to structure our stories. Let us know them well so we can combine them into better stories with more poignant meanings. 

So, here's a reminder of what they are, what they mean, and why they are essential. 



Cheers, and keep on creating!

Location: Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA, USA

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

My problem with "The Three Body Problem"...

-
Image
While straggling through the wilderness of Netflix shows the other day I came across " The Three Body Problem ". I know of story, mostly of the Chinese novel   by the same name. It's on my reading list, I just haven't gotten to it yet. My list is pretty big, so I prioritize which ones I will read first. This one was high on my list, and that hasn't changed. I suspect there is more in the book than there was in the show. Normally I don't like to watch the show before I read the book, but in this case, I didn't see any good options- There's not much on Netflix I haven't seen, at least from a critical stand point. So when I see something new, I typically like to give it a spin. A lot of my friends recommended the book, so I knew something about it. It went on the old reading list when it was first translated. I decided to watch the show which made it to my plate first.  " The Three Body Problem " is an award winning Science Fiction book by ...
Read more

Just call me "Landmesser".

-
This post is for those of you here in the states, not my friends over seas. To the rest of the free world, I feel obligated to apologize for what comes next, because it’s not just going to affect us. It will have ripples that will change everything. This election was the “go ahead” for the Putins, the Kim Jongs, and the Victor Orbans of the world. For that, as an American, I am sorry. To start with, I am so utterly disappointed in so many people today. I did not vote for him, I voted for Harris. For me, the choice was obvious, and oddly enough, it had nothing to do with politics- we’ve been down that road before with this man, he lied then, like we knew he would. Last night we cast our ballots and let the statistics show the nature of our character and basic values we care about. America voted a 34-time felon, twice impeached, con artist into office. We vapidly put the keys to the country in the hands of a narcissistic mad-man and his cronies. A man, who, by our own adjudication sh...
Read more

I tried AI... Again... It was as suspected.

-
Image
If you haven't noticed, A.I. is all the rage these days when it comes to content creation. Art, Writing, and Music are all being flooded with A.I. driven works. And very few of them are quality. They are usually ugly things that muddy the art pool or clever mimicries of existing masters. Some people are easy to fool however- you've all seen those posts on Facebook, you know the ones, where something is just off. Then you read the comments and sure enough, it's A.I. generated. Some of the music is quite funny, some of it is a little to close to the real thing.  I have written about this before, and I am still struggling with it. I have always wanted my work to be completely original, after all I cultivated the works and the skill for years and years. It doesn't seem right that Someone can screen-cap my work then stick it into an app, craft a prompt and poof! My works originality is out there for anyone who can barely type. That being said, many wise people have said that...
Read more