Writing Great Fiction. Episode 10, Plotting with the Freytag Pyramid.
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James Hynes
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2014.
Whether you're writing literary fiction or a potboiler, your story needs a structure. Freytag's Pyramid is the classic structure for moving a story from an initial situation through a series of conflicts to a resolution. Examine every stage of the pyramid with examples ranging from The Wizard of Oz to Middlemarch to Game of Thrones.