Yeah, you're right - I hadn't seen the shapes of stories video in quite a while, i was just taking the authors comment about it.

I think if you watch that Vonnegut video and come away with the conclusion that there are only "x" ways to tell the story then you've missed the point entirely, agreed with your post basically.

There is infinite space to explore within those 'story shapes' (like how we still get fresh + unique takes on the Heroes Journey for example) that it doesn't really matter