On Writing - The Seven Basic Plots: Introduction to the Seven Basic Plots

This is an introduction to my exploration of the Seven Basic Plots. I'll be going through all seven, using movies and popular stories as my examples.
00:00 - Intro
00:30 - What is Story? The seven archetypal plots: an introduction
1:39 - Narrative is at he heart of what it means to be a human being. Story is embedded in everything we do.
4:23 - What are the Seven Archetypal plots? Rags to Riches, Voyage and Return, Overcoming the Monster, Quest, Comedy, Tragedy and Rebirth.
4:50 - Overview of Rags to Riches: From potential to competence
7:02 - Overcoming the Monster: Encountering chaos
9:15 - Voyage and Return: Sleep, dreaming and renewal
11:44 - Quest: Journey to the second mountain
14:29 - Comedy: From confusion to clarity
15:27 - Tragedy: The death of identity
17:20 - Rebirth: Passing on the legacy
19:30 - The Two Mountain: How the seven plots fit into the life cycle
22:56 - The five acts: Anticipation stage, dream stage, frustration stage, nightmare stage and conclusion
26:48 - Conclusion
If you want to continue your exploration, I now have some more in-depth videos exploring each type:
Rags to Riches: • The Seven Basic Plots:...
Overcoming the Monster Part I: • On Writing- The Seven ...
Overcoming the Monster Part II: • On Writing -The Seven ...
Voyage and Return Part I: • On Writing - The Seven...
Voyage and Return Part II: • On Writing - The Seven...
Voyage and Return Part III: • On Writing - The Seven...
If you want to look into my book, or my work in documentary film, you can check out my website here:
www.justinwellsfilms.com

[@SacraTessan]

thanks .for claryfying this chategories .🦉💙

[@69footballgoats]

Thank you saved me time to read it all 😊

[@justinsmorningcoffee]

Glad I could help!

[@captainnolan5062]

I would put the Hobbit into the Voyage and Return plot (It is, after all, subtitled There and Back Again); I would put The Lord of the Rings into the quest category (although the Lord of the Rings contains all seven plots).

[@user-yh8jj1ro9i]

Super cool! Looking forward to watching the rest

[@thruwaycircus2532]

This video is beautiful. A total gem.

[@justinsmorningcoffee]

Thank you!

[@resilientrecoveryministries]

Love this. One suggestion: make the video of you larger, and put the static slide to your right. Think of the news segment on Saturday Night Live.

[@joelp8475]

I like the way you describe comedy and tragedy, as well as the second mountain reference to David Brooks.

[@justinsmorningcoffee]

Cool! Thanks for checking it out!

[@shadethedon8351]

PLEASEEEEEEE !!! Make a movie breakdown of -1. Arcane. -2. Death Proof -3. The Hateful Height The way your brain works, i can only hope for you to do a breakdown of one of those ? There is something special about the way they are told that i cannot put my finger on … ( pardon my english i’m french )

[@justinsmorningcoffee]

Haha I’ll have to think about those. I’ll consider it if I can find the time

[@shadethedon8351]

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[@timcourlas2403]

Good stuff Justin. Looking forward to further exploration.

[@justinsmorningcoffee]

Thanks Tim!

[@quentinkumba6746]

Just about to read this book. Enjoyed your excellent introduction. Will watch you others videos on this book as I go along. Thanks

[@justinsmorningcoffee]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ChungsMartialArts]

Excellent, thank you for putting this together.

[@justinsmorningcoffee]

My pleasure!

[@Dianitaye]

I love the you explain it, you make it super easy.

[@justinsmorningcoffee]

Thank you Lucia!

[@tupp001]

Like it, looking forward to the other chapters

[@justinsmorningcoffee]

Thanks Martin! I’m working on more

[@TheThrivingTherapsid]

Perhaps this is just me, but I thought "Back to the Future" was primarily a comedy.

[@justinsmorningcoffee]

Yes, if the movie is funny, it can certainly be called a comedy. If you want the definition of the comedy as plot type, then it will have certain characteristics. I hope to do a video on comedy soon.