Comments on: Plot Archetypes and Power Plays: Where Does Your Story Fit? https://diymfa.com/writing/plot-archetypes-and-power-plays-where-does-your-story-fit/ Tools & Techniques for the Serious Writer Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:33:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: #CTC29 Day 16 – Play With Plot Archetypes | Two Voices, One Song https://diymfa.com/writing/plot-archetypes-and-power-plays-where-does-your-story-fit/#comment-1428 Wed, 20 Aug 2014 03:24:44 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=432#comment-1428 […] we are being asked to choose a plot archetype and write the confrontation/climax […]

]]> By: Angela Quarles https://diymfa.com/writing/plot-archetypes-and-power-plays-where-does-your-story-fit/#comment-103 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:12:13 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=432#comment-103 Mines a fish-out-of-water (time travel to 1834) combined with a Boy meets GIrl (it’s a romance) with some internal conflict. There’s also a little revenge going on enacted by the hero….

Great post!

]]> By: Blog Treasures 12-2 « Gene Lempp's Blog https://diymfa.com/writing/plot-archetypes-and-power-plays-where-does-your-story-fit/#comment-102 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 11:09:40 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=432#comment-102 […] From DIYMFA: Plot Archetypes: Where Does Your Story Fit? […]

]]> By: Gabriela https://diymfa.com/writing/plot-archetypes-and-power-plays-where-does-your-story-fit/#comment-101 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:33:21 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=432#comment-101 You’re onto something Kerryn with that idea of internal and external conflict. One of my writing teachers used to refer to that idea s the character’s journey in the story vs. their internal journey. Because no matter what type of plot archetype you use, ultimately the character needs to face internal conflict as well as the external. Tangled webs for sure!

]]> By: Kerryn Angell https://diymfa.com/writing/plot-archetypes-and-power-plays-where-does-your-story-fit/#comment-100 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:44:22 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=432#comment-100 The novel I’ve worked on this year is a mix of the protagonist facing a character/entity of greater power and confronting herself. I read somewhere that having an external conflict and internal conflict for the protagonist is a great way to increase the conflict in a story. The two can really play off each other since the protagonist has to be strong enough to fight and overcome the character/entity of greater power and to get there has to have strong self belief. Ah, the tangled webs we weave!

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