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According to John Gardner (or possibly Dostoyevsky, or Tolstoy, or someone else entirely -- attributions differ), there are only two basic plots: 1. Someone co
by dghf 3y ago
According to John Gardner (or possibly Dostoyevsky, or Tolstoy, or someone else entirely -- attributions differ), there are only two basic plots:
1. Someone comes to town
2. Someone leaves town
- blowski 3y agoDostoyevsky and Tolstoy are exemplary here. It's not whether the characters rise or fall, it's _how_. The plots of both Anna Karenina and "Crime and Punishment" seem pretty unoriginal, but my gosh, the journey while you read them is incredible.
- bena 3y agoChange is a catalyst. And all stories are stories of change.
- madcaptenor 3y agoQuote Investigator can't track down the original words but the earliest attribution is to Gardner: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/05/06/two-plots/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/05/06/two-plots/