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I’ve seen a video of him giving a talk or a lecture where he discussed this, but the ideas were at an extraordinarily high-level and in part he was going for co

by jb1991 5y ago

I’ve seen a video of him giving a talk or a lecture where he discussed this, but the ideas were at an extraordinarily high-level and in part he was going for comedic affect with the audience.

bmitc 5y ago
That's what I meant by presentations of his shapes of stories. There are a couple of lectures posted on YouTube. https://youtu.be/oP3c1h8v2ZQ https://youtu.be/oP3c1h8v2ZQ https://youtu.be/GOGru_4z1Vc https://youtu.be/GOGru_4z1Vc The thinking originated in his (rejected) master's thesis at the University of Chicago. Here are some photos of some of the graphs: https://capnmariam.tumblr.com/post/76564658108/kurt-vonnegut-library-adventures-newish-exhibits https://capnmariam.tumblr.com/post/76564658108/kurt-vonnegut... Even there, in an incomplete copy, there are seven unique story shapes. And there's a major difference between saying here are some shapes of some stories and here are the only story shapes.