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Kurt Vonnegut Explains the Shapes of Stories

David Comberg · Lecture · 5 min · 2010 · YouTube title: Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories
Why it's here

HN cites it as a charming, funny way to see story structure and a source for the idea that plots have shapes.

What it covers

A short lecture in which Kurt Vonnegut graphs the simple shapes of stories, such as Man in Hole and Boy Gets Girl. He sketches how fortune rises and falls over a narrative.