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Kort Vonnegut explains the Shapes of Stories

September 4, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

“I want to share with you something I’ve learned. I’ll draw it on the blackboard behind me so you can follow more easily [draws a vertical line on the blackboard]. This is the G-I axis: good fortune-ill fortune. Death and terrible poverty, sickness down here-great prosperity, wonderful health up there. Your average state of affairs here in the middle [points to bottom, top, and middle of line respectively].”

Here’s an illustrated full transcript of the blackboard talk (only a small segment is featured in the video below).

Via: Kottke

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