"Leveraging the Human Brain's Hunger for Story" - Doug Rekenthaler Jr
Elements of Plot
100
This is the type of story that people prefer. (Hint: non-fiction OR fiction)
What is fiction?
100
This is the fuel for a good story.
What is conflict?
100
This is the main problem that a story revolves around and it is introduced in the rising action.
What is the conflict?
200
These help us to prepare for the unexpected and was crucial to our evolution. These are what enable us to imagine what might happen in the future, and so prepare for it.
What is story?
200
These two chemicals are released when conflict happens in a story.
What is cortisol and oxytocin?
200
This is the most exciting moment of the story also known as the turning point.
What is the climax?
300
These two chemicals/hormones are released when a good story triggers a rush of intoxication in our brains.
What is cortisol and oxytocin?
300
This chemical that gets released during the reading of a story creates strong feelings of empathy or caring for the story's primary characters.
What is oxytocin?
300
This is the part of the story where the setting and main characters get introduced.
What is the exposition?
400
This is the FIRE in a story (HINT: ART = FIRE + ALGEBRA).
What is the passion?
400
This is what allows/causes human minds to race ahead in a story and arrive at the conclusion even before the story is over. It is what allows us to think the same thing as the protagonist.
What is neural coupling?
400
This is the part of the story where the problem/conflict gets resolved.
What is the falling action?
500
This is the ALGEBRA of a story.
What is the Dramatic Arc?
500
Rekenthaler says that without this specific type of narrative path, your audience is likely to become bored.
What is Freytag's Dramatic Arc?
500
This is the part of the story where there is a sense of completion and closure.