Basic Plots: Overcoming the Monster

Ciao, SEers. Today we’ll be discussing the last of the Seven Basic Plots as defined by Christopher Booker. If you’ve missed the others, you can find them here: Rebirth, Tragedy, Comedy, Voyage and Return, Quest, and Rags to Riches. Our final basic plot type is: Overcoming the Monster. When I began this series of posts, …

Basic Plots: Rags to Riches

Ciao, SEers. We’re up to our sixth of the Seven Basic Plots as defined by Christopher Booker. If you’ve missed the others, you can find them here: Rebirth, Tragedy, Comedy, Voyage and Return, and Quest. In today’s post, we’re going to talk about the basic plot type: Rags to Riches. The Rags to Riches plot …

Basic Plots: Quest

Ciao, SEers. Today we’re going to discuss our fifth of the Seven Basic Plots as defined by Christopher Booker. If you’ve missed the others, you can find them here: Rebirth, Tragedy, Comedy, and Voyage and Return. Today’s post covers the basic plot type: Quest. The Quest is a familiar plot type. It shows our hero …

Basic Plots: Voyage and Return

Ciao, SEers. I’m back again today with one of the Seven Basic Plots as defined by Christopher Booker. If you’ve missed the others, you can find them here: Rebirth, Tragedy, and Comedy. Today’s post covers the basic plot type Voyage and Return. This plot sees the protagonist go to a strange land and face adversity on his way …

Basic Plots: Comedy

Ciao, SEers. On March 21, I started a series of posts on the seven basic plot types, as defined by Christopher Booker. So far, we’ve covered Rebirth and Tragedy. Today, we’re going to talk about Comedy. Comedies aren’t necessarily laugh-out-loud humor pieces, although they can be. Essentially, these are works with happy or uplifting endings. …