Plot progress is about creating the sense that your story is leading toward an inevitable outcome. Here is a list of possible progress types.
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List of Plot Archetypes
Plot archetypes are story templates we come across over and over again. Character and setting are different but the plot is the same over and over again. Here is a list of plot archetypes to use as inspiration.
Plot: Complex & Simple Actions
Not everything the character does, not every plot event that happens is a turning point or a moment of revelation. Some actions are just actions, links in the chain that ties together action A with action B. Action A and B here refer to complex actions. These are the plot events that come with revelation, …
Plot: Chain of Cause & Effect
It isn’t just about what happens but also about the possibility that opens up for what may happen because of it (always keeping the laws of probability and necessity in mind). That is the difference between a history teller and a storyteller. Historians tell us what has happened, as accurately as possible. Storytellers present what …
Singular Plot Action
Plot is what happens in the story. It is not just a bunch of things that happen. Actually, it is one thing that happens.