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Understanding the Plot Line

Great stories have a common structure called the 'plot line.' The following activity will help you understand why it takes the form that it does.

• Understanding the Plot Line Great stories have a common structure called the 'plot line.' The following activity will help you understand why it takes the form that it does. Your Turn Take out a piece of paper and write 'Great Experiences' at the top. Beneath that title, draw a graph as follows.
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Your Turn Take out a piece of paper and write 'Great Experiences' at the top. Beneath that title, draw a graph as follows:

1. Draw a vertical y-axis down the left side of the page.
2. Label the y-axis 'Excitement,' with 'Awesome!' at the top of the line and 'Blah . . .' at the bottom.
3. Draw a horizontal x-axis along the bottom and label it 'Beginning . . . Middle . . . Ending.'
4. Think of a great experience you had. Use a colored marker to graph your level of excitement from 'Blah' to 'Awesome' during the beginning, middle, and ending of the experience.
5. Pick another great experience and use a different colored marker to graph your excitement with it.
6. Repeat the process for a third great experience.

Note how your great experiences rise in excitement to a climactic point and drop off afterward, just like the plot line.

Next, graph a lousy experience. Note how it does not follow the plot line.

The plot line exists because writers want readers to have a great experience when reading.

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