Do Kurt Vonnegut’s story ‘shapes’ also apply to non-fiction writing?
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3 min readApr 5, 2018
In fiction, they say there are broadly seven basic plots. Christopher Booker details them in his book and their psychological meanings. Kurt Vonnegut submitted a thesis to the University of Chicago, outlining how the stories have a basic ‘shape’ taking Cinderella as an example. It was turned down, but wisdom is not lost for us. Years later he went on to take a stunning…
