Basic Beats, Meet Aristotle

 

As long as writers have been trying to tell successful stories, we’ve been sharing that information with other writers ~ for years, centuries, millenia!

These classifications have entered “the mainstream”, for some are taught in seminars and in courses as if these are the way to write stories. These are NOT the way to write stories; they are ways to examine the art of story-telling using common terms.

One of the famous methods for structuring a plot is the so-called Basic Beats, also known as the 3-Act or 4-Act Structure. As with anything, flaws exist.

We can overcome those flaws when we add in lessons from a source thousands of years old: Aristotle. Our stories are deeper, richer, and much more satisfying.

Don’t worry that the info is too difficult or arcane. We’ve broken down for all writers in understandable terms.

Basic Beats, Meet Aristotle!

TIMINGS

• 00:00 Welcome
• 00:39 Opening Words
• 1:09 Plot Necessity
• 4:25 Basic Beats
• 7:28 Aristotle’s Plot Requirements
• 14:36 Last Words / Closing

Total Run Time: 16:18

 

LINKS

Old Geeky Greeks by M.A. Lee

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Links for the Ebook of Discovering Your Plot

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Links to a paperback 8 x 10 bundle for plot / characters / branding / sentence craft, called Discovering Your Writing https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08691892S

Trailer for DiscPlot https://youtu.be/hTVQn92kNBk

 

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