: Re: How to avoid formulaic fictional structures while still using tried and tested techniques? There are several books that provide an excellent breakdown of the elements that make a good story or

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I prefer Robert McKee’s Story to Save the Cat and the Hero’s Journey stuff. Instead of telling aspiring writers what pattern a story must follow from beginning to end, McKee talks about elements that can be combined in various ways.

For example, he defines an “act” as a series of scenes culminating in a major reversal of a character’s condition. You need to have acts. You don’t need to have three acts.

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