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This page is an abstract from our Storytelling Working Method PDF.
Table of contents
- 1. What is storytelling?
- 2. Plots
- 3. Characters
- 4. Mixing plots
- 5. Drama effects
Definition
One main object in storytelling is obviously the plot.
A plot tells a series of actions centered on a character (that can be human or not, individual or collective).
A story is made of one or several plots.
A joke is one plot, a movie can be many, and a TV series tells hundreds of plots.
How to write a standard plot
We can formalize ANY plot in one timeline in 3 “ACTS”:
| PLOT | ||
| ACT I Introduction |
ACT II Development |
ACT III Conclusion |
| Beginning… | …middle… | …end. |
If we detail more, we can now tell or analyze ANY story through the following 13 steps:
| PLOT | ||||||||
| ACT I Introduction |
ACT II Development |
ACT III Conclusion |
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| Exposition | Catalyst + Goal | Drama Question | Process | Process | Process | Crisis | Climax | Drama Answer |
Advantage: if we can formalize one story like that, we can formalize many. So we are then able to build a story with 3, 5, 20 plots and more – without getting lost.
The plots we make can then be mixed into narrative architectures (see just later).
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