Knowing about different types of story structure allows you to diversify your repertoire as a writer.
Story structure is one of those things that is constantly argued over in writing circles. ‘No, this is the right way to do it’, ‘No, there is actually only one type of story’, ‘No, your story structure paradigm misses the key beat in Act 3.75’ etc…
You can argue that there’s only a few story structure types or that there are hundreds. At the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter. What matters is getting the story you want to tell into some sort of shape, a pattern that is comprehensible and traceable (though not necessarily linear).
In the video below, we talk about 3 different types of story structure: 2 traditional ones, 3-Act Structure and Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth, and a slightly less traditional one known as the Story Circle. Enjoy!
Watch our video below to find out more about story structure:
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Brett Welcher was a student at Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY, USA) where studied Public Relations at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. He is interned at the Raindance Film Festival the summer or 2007 and thoroughly enjoyed his time working with professionals and learning about different aspects of the film industry. In the fall of 2007 Brett returned to the States where he will be finishing his last year in school.
Since then we have lost touch and found this excellent article in the archives. Brett – if you see this, get in touch! We miss you!
