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Re:The emotional arcs of stories are dominated by six basic ... by languagehacker on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @11:14AM (#39359101)
Check out the Vonnegut YouTube link in the doc's references. Talk about the original master class.
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Re:The emotional arcs of stories are dominated by six basic ... by plussed_reader on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @11:37AM (#39359464)
You can find variations of this talk across his life but Vonneguts 'Shape of Stories' kept ringing in my head while going over this paper. I like the later-in-life version of the talk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOGru_4z1Vc

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Re:The emotional arcs of stories are dominated by six basic ... by btbuildem on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @11:37AM (#39359460)
Yeah he described these types of arcs way, way back when.
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