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Story Structure Architect: A Writer's Guide to Building Dramatic Situations & Compelling Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt (also author of 45 Master Characters), categorizes stories into 55 Dramatic Situations, as well as giving some detail on genres, storyforms, and the possible forms of conflict in a story. Here is a summary of Schmidt's ideas: |
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Aborted Arc |
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The main character abandons his goal. |
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Downer Ending |
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The main character is defeated. |
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My Girl Is Not a Slut |
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Or, Alice has some character traits that Bob isn't sure he could live with (e.g., sleeping around). |
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Wide-Open Sandbox |
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The reader creates the goal. |
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You Can't Fight Fate |
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Cosmic Conflict (fate, destiny, or God)Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); }) |
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Belligerent Sexual Tension |
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Bob and Alice just don't get along. |
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TriangRelations |
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Or, Bob discovers that Alice is already in love with Bob's younger brother, Chuck. |
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Star-Crossed Lovers |
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Social Conflict Bob is Jewish and Alice is Muslim. Their parents would never approve. Or, class warfare: Bob's a bum and Alice is rolling in the millions. |
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RidiculouslyHumanRobot |
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Or, Alice is a robot, and Bob is debating the morality of programming her to like him. |
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Happy Ending |
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The main character succeeds. |
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