The Seven Basic Plots (Blog 472)
Next week, I'll be heading back to high school where this semester, I will teach Creative Writing and two English 9 classes. For Creative Writing, my first seven writing assignments will be for students to construct a story using one of the seven basic plots.
Many people may not realize this, but only seven basic plots exist in books, short stories, movies, plays, and other forms of literature - or at least that this particular maxim goes. The plots are as follows:overcoming evil, rags to riches, the impossible dream,the quest and return, hero and heroine destined to be together, evil doer gets what is coming to him or her, and hero escapes inevitable defeat.
All these basic plots go well with any English class but are particularly exciting for Creative Writing students.
