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  2. List of story structures - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Berg Esenwein in 1909 published, "Writing the short-story; a practical handbook on the rise, structure, writing, and sale of the modern short-story." In it he outlines the following plot elements and ties it to a drawing, [59] following Whitcomb's prescriptions: Incident, emotion, crisis, suspense, climax, dénouement, conclusion. He ...

  3. Story structure - Wikipedia

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    Story structure is a way to organize the story's elements into a recognizable sequence. It has been shown to influence how the brain organizes information. [2] Story structures can vary culture to culture and throughout history. The same named story structure may also change over time as the culture also changes.

  4. Three-act structure - Wikipedia

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    The three-act structure is a model used in narrative fiction that divides a story into three parts , often called the Setup, the Confrontation, and the Resolution. It has been described in different ways by Aelius Donatus in the fourth century A.D. and by Syd Field in his 1979 book Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting .

  5. Wikipedia:Historical archive/How to draw a diagram with ...

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    File:Drawing toolbar.png. The bases of vector graphics are simple lines and shapes. Click the Autoshapes button and you will be presented with a number of possible shapes. Try a few of them out. File:Example Shape.png Notice the white little boxes at the "corners" of the shape, these are called handles and allow you to resize the shape bigger ...

  6. Setting (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    The setting initiates the main backdrop and mood for a story. The setting can be referred to as story world [1] or milieu to include a context (especially society) beyond the immediate surroundings of the story. Elements of setting may include culture, historical period, geography, and hour.

  7. Hero's journey - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of the hero's journey. In narratology and comparative mythology, the hero's quest or hero's journey, also known as the monomyth, is the common template of stories that involve a hero who goes on an adventure, is victorious in a decisive crisis, and comes home changed or transformed.

  8. File:Word-Level unfolding.pdf - Wikipedia

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  9. The Seven Basic Plots - Wikipedia

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    The third event in a series of events becomes "the final trigger for something important to happen." This pattern appears in childhood stories such as "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", "Cinderella", and "Little Red Riding Hood". In adult stories, the Rule of Three conveys the gradual resolution of a process that leads to transformation. This ...