Tag: narrative structure

• Narrative Structure: The Hero’s Journey

  Whenever I think of The Hero’s Journey, I think Star Wars: A New Hope. It encapsulates The Hero’s Journey quite nicely. This narrative structure can be split into three acts, similar to the Three-Act Structure, but with more subplots than just pinch points. In a way, one could even think of the plot points as […]

  Allison Williford

  July 4, 2022

  writing

  beginner writers, narrative structure, narrative structure series, Star Wars, story structure, The Hero's Journey, writing, writing advice, writing tips

• Narrative Structure: Freytag’s Pyramid

  Welcome to post #3 in my Narrative Structure Series! Today, we’ll be discussing Freytag’s Pyramid, which was devised by 19th-century German playwright Gustav Freytag (which, technically, he based on Aristotle’s idea of narrative structure as a triangle with exposition, climax, and resolution, mapped out in Poetics). As a reminder, narrative structure is a literary element […]

  Allison Williford

  May 5, 2022

  writing

  beginner writer, fiction, freytag's pyramid, how to write a novel, narrative structure, novel, story structure, writing advice, writing tips

• Narrative Structure: The Three-Act Structure

  Perhaps one of the more popular narrative structures, the Three-Act Structure is a solid choice when plotting out your novel. As mentioned in my last post about the seven types of narrative structure, the website Helping Writers Become Authors (from K.M. Weiland) has a fantastic, in-depth series on the Three-Act Structure. Why should you care […]

  Allison Williford

  April 11, 2022

  writing

  beginner writer, how to write a novel, narrative structure, novel outline, novel writing, outlining, outlining your novel, plot structure, story outline, story structure, writing, writing advice

• The 7 Types of Narrative Structure

  Did you know there are seven, seven, types of narrative structure? From the Three-Act Structure to the Seven-Point Structure, you have a few to choose from when writing your stories. Today, I will be giving you a brief overview of each narrative structure, and be prepared for future posts solely on each story type of […]

  Allison Williford

  March 27, 2022

  writing

  beginner writer, narrative structure, plot structure, story structure, writer, writing, writing advice