![]() In screenwriting, we talk about the status quo, inciting events, through lines and crescendos. The plot is about how they try to get it. The exposition introduces the main characters – who they are and what they want. Gustav Freytag developed Aristotle's three parts into five: exposition, rising action, turning point, falling action and resolution. ![]() The 4th-century polymath coined the truism "beginning, middle and end" and recommended that the events should interconnect.įast forward to 1863. In his Poetics, Aristotle himself refers to plot as the most important element of drama, trumping character or setting or even language. Greek myths are full of challenges faced and met by interchangeable heroes. What are the oldest stories we know of? Aboriginal Dreamtime tales are rich in incident – the characters do things and their actions cause change. ![]() Without it, no amount of sizzling dialogue or exquisite description or beautiful language is enough. Yet a good plot is exactly what draws me to a novel in the first place. ![]()
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