Writing Outside the Box

The rise-fall-rise plot, otherwise known as the Cinderella plot, looks like this: This is the most basic iteration of the plot, and Kurt...

The next plot we're looking at is the fall-rise plot, also known as the man in a hole plot: This tale invokes a more emotional response...

The first of the "happy ending" plots we'll be looking at is the classic rising plot, sometimes referred to as the Rags to Riches plot:...

The fall-rise-fall plot (also known as the Oedipus plot) looks like this: This plot is named after Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex. The...

The rise-fall plot, also known as the Icarus plot, looks like this: This is probably the type of plot you learnt early on in your...

Obviously, no two plots are the same, but there are some tried and tested plot structures that work, and this week I'm going to be...