Kurt Vonnegut on 8 ‘shapes’ of stories

Re:Kurt Vonnegut on 8 ‘shapes’ of stories by js8 on Friday December 18, 2020 @08:18AM (#25466735)

I am confused, there is only 7 shapes in the infographic. What is the 8th?

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Re:Kurt Vonnegut on 8 ‘shapes’ of stories by dcolkitt on Friday December 18, 2020 @01:00PM (#25469905)

Time travel. The only plot structure that's truly unique to modernity.[1]

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_travel_works_of_f...

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Re:Kurt Vonnegut on 8 ‘shapes’ of stories by Aardwolf on Friday December 18, 2020 @09:17AM (#25467265)

There are so many more possible shapes, I'm a bit dissatisfied with the lack of variation in the infographic

E.g. the Simpsons episode with the Monkey's Paw is a roller coaster of ups and downs

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Re:Kurt Vonnegut on 8 ‘shapes’ of stories by rchase on Friday December 18, 2020 @08:23AM (#25466783)

Maybe the 8th is an implied nested recursion. It's the story of Mr. Vonnegut telling the story of the other 7 shapes.

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Re:Kurt Vonnegut on 8 ‘shapes’ of stories by js8 on Friday December 18, 2020 @08:29AM (#25466835)

But his story has "New Testament" shape - he worked on his thesis, and then it was rejected by his fellow academics. Now, a successful author, he became vindicated by these popular articles.

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