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Q&A What new plots are available to writers?

I read The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker (yes, it was so heavy that I had to cut into two books just to be able to carry it around) and I just can't believe that the number of plots we ha...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:49:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/36160
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar robertcday‭ · 2019-12-08T08:49:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
I read _The Seven Basic Plots_ by Christopher Booker (yes, it was so heavy that I had to cut into two books just to be able to carry it around) and I just can't believe that the number of plots we have available to us has been set in stone and never the more shall be added to.

Please - is there some hope for us? What new plots have been dreamed up in recent times?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-05-16T13:39:21Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 14