{"id":115361,"date":"2023-10-13T13:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=115361"},"modified":"2023-10-20T09:51:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:51:13","slug":"basic-story-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/basic-story-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Story Structure Is More Complex Than You Might Think"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you have a beginning, a middle, and an end, do you have a story? Is that all there is to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/beginning-middle-and-end-of-a-story\/\">story structure<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Story-writing experts generally agree that effective stories loosely follow the same pattern. This is called story structure, and most everyone knows that the basic story structure is beginning-middle-end. But, it&#8217;s not quite that simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more to get advice from Rob Biesenbach and Robert McKee on how to leverage the basic story structure for the greatest impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-basic-story-structure\">Basic Story Structure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In his book <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/unleash-the-power-of-storytelling\/1-page-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Unleash the Power of Storytelling<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> Rob Biesenbach asserts that people tend to think of a story as any narrative with a beginning, a middle, and an end, but he thinks <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/unleash-the-power-of-storytelling\/1-page-summary#what-about-the-beginning-middle-and-end\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>this definition of a story is too simplistic<\/strong><\/a>. Certain things need to happen at each point in the structure to make a story; the basic story structure of beginning, middle, and end on its own is merely a series of events ordered from start to finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biesenbach explains how <strong>you can map the essential elements of character, goal, and obstacles onto the familiar beginning-middle-end arc<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>At the beginning, set the scene, introduce your character, and set up an event that pushes your character into action to pursue their goal.<\/li><li>In the middle, show the character working to overcome the obstacles that stand between them and their goal.&nbsp;<\/li><li>At the end, give the character (and the audience) a resolution: Either the character reaches their goal or they don\u2019t. (Without a resolution, your story will feel anticlimactic, frustrate your audience, and leave them confused about your message.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Robert McKee argues in his book <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/story\/1-page-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Story<\/em><\/a> that, <strong>to make a story continuously interesting, you must <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/story\/1-page-summary#intensifier-1-escalating-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>incrementally heighten the risk your protagonist is experiencing<\/strong><\/a><strong> over the course of the story<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In life, we judge how valuable something is by how much we\u2019re willing to risk or sacrifice for it,<strong> <\/strong>explains McKee. Thus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-protagonist\/\">creating a protagonist<\/a> who\u2019s willing to risk everything they have is the most direct way to make an audience feel like the protagonist\u2019s actions are important and meaningful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the protagonist continues to act in the same way, the audience knows to expect the same kinds of results, and they\u2019ll get bored. Instead, <strong>force your protagonist to take progressively riskier and more extreme actions<\/strong>. That way, the audience knows that these actions will have new, interesting consequences, and they\u2019ll be captivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exercise: Analyze a Story<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Pick a story you&#8217;re familiar with. Break down the story into its most basic structure. Summarize it in just three sentences: a beginning that sets up the plot, a middle with obstacles impeding the protagonist\u2019s goal, and an ending that resolves that goal. (For example, in <em>Monsters, Inc.<\/em>, Sulley\u2019s job as a professional child-scarer is endangered when he accidentally lets a human child into the monsters\u2019 world. He must hide the child from his coworkers and rescue her after she\u2019s kidnapped by other monsters. Finally, he returns the child to her home.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a beginning, a middle, and an end, do you have a story? Is that all there is to story structure? Story-writing experts generally agree that effective stories loosely follow the same pattern. This is called story structure, and most everyone knows that the basic story structure is beginning-middle-end. But, it&#8217;s not quite that simple. 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