Stage 7 is the first of the two most important stages of the Archetypal Story Pattern. It is the Approach to the Inmost Cave and sets up events and character dynamics for the crucial Stage 8, the Dark Moment or the Ordeal.
The Inmost Cave is the location of the Ordeal, the point where our protagonist comes closest to Death. That could the loss of love, of a motivating goal or dream, of a job or status, an intellectual pursuit, or physical death.
We writers want to lead straight into the Ordeal, but we do our readers a disservice when we don’t give equal attention to the big build-up of the Approach to that Dark, Fearsome Cave.
Let’s get to it.
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Examples from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the films 13th Warrior and Raiders of the Lost Ark, Tolkien’s The Hobbit, and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
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Stage 8 / Greatest Plot Structure / Discovering Your Plot / 4:51
Stages 5 & 6 / Greatest Plot Structure / Discovering Your Plot / 4:49
Stages 3 & 4 / Greatest Plot Structure / 4:48
Stages 1 & 2 / Greatest Plot Structure / DiscPLOT / 4:47
Writers and Archetypes / Discovering Your Plot / 4:46
Lead-in to Greatest Ever Plot Structure / Discovering Plot / 4:45
A Common Pyramid and Shakespeare for Plot / Discovering Plot / 4:44
Basic Beats, Meet Aristotle / Discovering Plot / 4:43
Special Approaches to Plot / Discovering Your Plot / 4:42
Essentials / Discovering Your Plot / 4:41
Hate and Love for Genre Tropes / Discovering Plot / 4:40
Genre Expectations / Plot / 4:39
Plot, Story, and Story Length / Discovering Plot / 4:38
Branding ~ Key Fundamentals for a Trailer / 4:37
A Branding Hallmark: Trailers and Clips / 4:36
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