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Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories
David Comberg
A short lecture in which Kurt Vonnegut graphs the simple shapes of stories, such as Man in Hole and Boy Gets Girl. He sketches how fortune rises and falls over a narrative.
HN cites it as a charming, funny way to see story structure and a source for the idea that plots have shapes.
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