GriotsWell Classic Story Worlds
GriotsWell Classic Story Worlds
The GriotsWell Classic Story Worlds: the Hero’s Journey, Three-Act, Seven-Point and Four-Act. Linear, the one we know, told in four of its best-known methods. Their origins run from Aristotle’s Greece through the story-teaching of Europe and North America, and they are shown here the way every other Story World is.
Three-Act Structure
From Aristotle's Poetics to the screenplay: a beginning, a middle and an end, each act turning the story toward the next.
Shares the Linear shape.
The Hero's Journey
Campbell's monomyth as Vogler set it out for writers: departure, initiation and return, in ten stages.
Shares the Linear shape.
Seven-Point Structure
Dan Wells's seven beats: a story planned from its resolution back to its hook, with the midpoint as the hinge.
Shares the Linear shape.
Four-Act Structure
From Kristin Thompson's work on film and television: four large parts, turning on the midpoint.
Shares the Linear shape.