The Seven Basic Plots (2024)
Channel: Right Brain Writing
Date: 2024-01-21

What are the Seven Basic Plots? How can they help you with your fiction writing? Author and producer Gary Fearon explains the major differences in the seven plots as well as what they have in common, focusing on principles from Christopher Booker's 700-page book "The Seven Basic Plots".

Film clips used for educational purposes include:
Jaws (1975, Universal Pictures)
Oliver! (1968, Columbia Pictures)
The Hunger Games (2012, Lionsgate)
The Wizard of Oz (1939, Leow's Inc.)
Groundhog Day (1993, Columbia Pictures)
West Side Story (1961, United Artists)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946, RKO Radio Pictures)