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Re:Every story in the world has one of these six basic plots by jimmySixDOF on Thursday November 09, 2023 @09:36AM (#38205499)
There is also the Kurt Vonnegut "Shape of Stories" concept where he has 8 basic universal plot lines graphed out back in the 1940s

https://thestory.au/articles/kurt-vonnegut-story-shapes/

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Re:Every story in the world has one of these six basic plots by simbolit on Thursday November 09, 2023 @10:56AM (#38206616)
I hate that they talk about 8 plot lines, but only show graphics for 5.
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